Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada Volume 21, No. 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ...1,200 2,500 1,000 Trout... " 9,700 16.400 12,000 1,500 Bass... " 900 46,0(0 3,900 3,950 Pickers ' ' 1,900 700 1,050 1,600 I018......... " 3,300 3,200 2,250 8,400 Ieskinonge............ .."................ 16,000 1,110 1,000 Pike " 1,000 1,900 27,440 47, s50 Sturgeon. " 4,900 6.660 2,200 6,700 Ooarle fish ..".............. 00,100 20,420 78,700 Fish used for local consumption.. " 126,900................................................... Totals in lbs........ 144,000 100,000 7s, s7a 149,700 Value-................................. S 5,277 00 I 7,446 50 3,910 B5 6,222 50 Overseer Tlwmas Merritt, who has charge of the lake shore fronting on the County of Frontenac reports that the run of coarse fish in the spring was interior. Hoop-net fishing was not vigorously carried on as fishermen preferred sailing on the lakes, wages being more remunerative. Angling and trolling for bass on the waters set apart was better than for several years past. Several sportsmen from across the boundary visited the grounds. Mr. Merritt thinks it might be advisable to issue a limited number of net fishing licenses for the inland waters of his district, so as to cpeck the rapid increase of coarse fish, which are very destructive to the finer grades 0 fish. Overseer P. Kiel who has charge of the fishing grounds around Wolfe Island reports fish of all kinds plentiful. The fishing season proved rather stormy, other wise the catch of salmon trout around Pigeon Island would have been larger, as these fish were reported abundant in that vicinity. Coarse fish were also numerous, but the meagre demand and the low prices obtained induced a great many people from fishing for them. The fact that labor was much sought after...