Report of Board of Illinois State Fish Commissioners, to the Governor of Illinois

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Excerpt from Report of Board of Illinois State Fish Commissioners, to the Governor of Illinois: October 1, 1894, to September 30, 1896At Kankakee it is probable that equally favorable conditi exist, and we have no doubt but such arrangements could be made with the trustees of these institutions as would enable your Board to make successful hatching plants at both places. However, should it be deemed advisable to establish such plants independent of these institutions, there are various points on the several rivers of the State which offer such advantages as to make the cost of installing plants small in comparison with the results to be obtained. These plants would be operated but for a few months in the season, and the cost for attendants would amount only to a nominal sum.This work would largely offset the constant drain on the natural resources made by the market fishermen, and it is a matter worthy of careful consideration whether or not propagation can be carried on to an extent sufficient to permit an entire open season for the taking of the coarse fish, with a limitation as to size only. While this work is in progress, the advantages offered for pond culture could be utilized, and the propagation and distribution of bass. Crappie and kindred varieties carried on to an extent equal to our present work, and all waters given their natural proportion of the game varieties, which, in turn, would thrive all the better for the in crease of the coarse fish. Much has been said by newspaper critics as to the carp and buffalo driving out or destroying the fine fish. To any one who has made even a superficial study of the life habits of the fish mentioned this would seem an unadvised statement, to say the least and an examination of any of our inland lakes subject to over¿ow from the river would show the proportion of the two varie ties to be about as we have stated. A pond or lake devoted to black bass alone would show a few large fish only, in a short time while very many more of all sizes and ages would be the result of general pond culture in the same water area.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.