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fishing streams are: Kaskaskia River, Plum Creek, Illinois Central Lake 
at Coulterville, which is an excellent place for pole and line fishing. There 
are also numerous other lakes and sloughs which are formed by back waters 
from the Kaskaskia River. 
St. Clair County. Game consists of duck, geese, snipe, plover, brant, coot, 
rail, quail, dove, squirrel, rabbit, and fur bearing animals. Pheasants and 
prairie chicken very scarce. The principal fishing waters are: The Missis- 
sippi River, Kaskaskia River, Cahokia Creek, Big and Little Silver Creek, 
Lick Creek, Pittsburg Lake, and Fish Lake. In fact this county contains 
hundreds of lakes and sloughs in which fishing is excellent. 
Washington County. Game in this county consists principally of quail, 
dove, snipe, plover, duck, rabbit, squirrel, and fur bearing animals. The 
farmers in this county are pretty well organized to prohibit hunting con- 
sequently this makes hunting very unsatisfactory. The main fishing waters 
ars: Kaskaskia River, Big Muddy, Beaucoup Creek, Lake Caiamus, Big Open, 
Mud Swan, Half Moon,.Horsesnoe, Breese, Grassy Lakes, Jllinois Central 
Reservoir. 
There are a number of hunting and fishing clubs on the Kaskaskia River 
but as they are private permission would have to be obtained from the mem- 
bers to hunt or fish. 
This has been an ideal season for the breeding of all kinds of game. 
Reports throughout this district show a vast increase in all kinds of game. 
Reports show fishing to be excellent, in fact the information from all 
sources throughout this district indicate that it was never better especially 
with pole and line. 
Buffalo, carp, the different varieties of catfish, black bass, striped bass, 
crappie, white perch, ring perch, sunfish, etc., are found in this district. 
During the fiscal year ending July 1, 1916, there has been millions of fish 
transferred from waters on low lands to suitable waters. 
Confiseations of fish for the fiscal year ending July 1, 1916 was 790 
pounds, which were donated to charitable institutions. 
The fur bearing animals in this district consist of red and grey fox, 
otter, skunk, raccoon, opossum, and muskrat. 
Respectfully submitted, 
T. F. Bronx, District Warden. 
Headquarters at East St. Louis. 
REPORT OR SIA eis Gs 
To the Game and Fish Commission: 
T take this occasion to thank my deputies for being at all times 
so ready and willing to cooperate with me to assist the commission in 
carrving out the w ishes of the Governor as well as in the enforcement of 
the law, and notwithstanding the fact that each one of my deputies has 
been compelled to patrol two counties with a limited trav eling expense 
of $15 per month, we have made a record that we are not ashamed of. 
The object in passing the present law was to conserve the game 
and fish, song and insectivorous birds of our country. ‘To properly. pro- 
tect these animals and birds, | would recommend that the next General 
Assembly vote for an appropriation sufficient to place at least one 
deputy warden in each and every county of the State and allow him trav- 
eling expenses enough to properly patrol the county assigned to him. 
The following table or synopsis gives the name and address of each 
deputy warden, the name of the two counties patrolled by him, the num- 
ber of arrests, the number of convictions, the number of confiscations of 
