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rock bass, black bass, pickerel, blue or channel catfish in large numbers. 
Some bluegills, sunfish and crappies are found. Rock bass shows a 
large increase, while black bass and other game fish show no increase. 
In Lake County there has been a big increase of pheasants and 
prairie chickens ; quail is scarce, showing no increase. There is water-’ 
fowl in abundance in season. Rabbits and squirrels are plentiful and 
show an increase. 
Besides the Fox and Desplaines Rivers, Lake County embraces 
52 lakes, the more important being Fox, Nippersink, Pistakee, Long, 
Channel, Marie, Bluff, Catherine and Grass, all of which abound in 
black bass, wall-eyed pike, pickerel, silver bass, crappies, bluegills, 
bullheads and cat. All of these fish are increasing, and especially is 
this true of black and silver bass. 
In McHenry County prairie chickens can be found in all parts of 
the county, and show a large increase. Quails are few and show no 
increase. A few pheasants can be found. Rabbits and squirrels are 
plentiful and can be found in all parts of the county. Waterfowl and 
shore birds are scarce and possibly show a slight increase. As in Lake 
County several small lakes along with the Fox and Desplaines Rivers 
afford excellent fishing. In Pistakee, Griswold, Slocum, Crystal, De- 
fiance, Silver and Bang’s Lakes there is an abundance of black bass, 
pickerel, pike, sunfish, perch and most all fresh-water fish. All show- 
ing a large increase. 
In Will County a 50 per cent increase in prairie chicken and quail 
is a conservative estimate, with a slight increase in pheasants. Shore 
birds show an increase over preceding years, but are not numerous; 
while waterfowl are more plentiful and show a large increase; rabbits 
and squirrels have shown a large increase, and are plentiful in all parts 
of the county. The Desplaines and Dupage Rivers, along with several 
abandoned quarry holes, constitute the fishing waters of Will County. 
In the rivers there has been a lar ge increase of crappies, bullheads and 
carp. Owing to the continued high water it is impossible to determine 
what condition the pickerel and black bass are in, or if there has been 
an increase. The quarries have a nice supply of black bass, and will. 
show an increase. 
In its efforts to conserve and propagate the game of the State, the 
State Fish and Game Commission has set aside four tracts of land 
in the first district for game reservations. These reservations contain 
each nearly 1,000 acres of land, and were selected because nature has 
endowed these tracts with food and cover peculiarly suited to the 
propagation of prairie chicken and quail. The reservations have been 
posted and feed for birds has been planted. Two of the tracts, namely 
one in Cook County between Harvey and Blue Island, and one in 
Lake County near Round Lake are devoted to the conservation and 
propagation of the prairie chicken, while the remaining two preserves, 
one in Kankakee and one in Will County, are devoted to the propaga- 
tion of quail. It is a known fact that our game birds suffer more from 
the snows of our winters than they do from the sportsman’s gun. 
These reservations, by supplying food and shelter, have solved the 
problem of carrying quail and prairie chicken over the winter season, 
at a very low cost. 
