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Journal Account of Trout Angling in Michigan, 1903–05
Author(s) -
Winther John K.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1966)95[101:jaotai]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - citation , fish <actinopterygii> , trout , fishing , fishery , wildlife , library science , history , computer science , ecology , biology
I discovered recently in the fish and fishery library of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, four volumes of an angling journal kept by Mr. E. W. Wait, Traverse City, Michigan, relating in detail his trout fishing experiences during the period 1903-07: (1) 1903. Fishing reminiscences. vol. 2:1-152 p. (2) 1904. Some fishing experiences. vol. 3: 1-152 p. (3) 1905. Some fishing excursions. vol. 4:1-25 p. (4) 1905-07. Trout fishing experiences that are worth remembering. 1115 p. Data included in the 1903 and 1904 journals are: stream, day, date, wind direction, air temperature, cloud cover, hours fished, names of companions and their catches, and Wait's catch broken down by species, number of legals (7 inches), number 9 inches and over, and measurements to the nearest 0.5 inch of his largest specimens. Data for 1905 are complete only for nine trips made between 1 May and 4 June. The 1905-07 journal is a descriptive narrative, providing few quantitative data. Wait fished in a five-county area near Grand Traverse Bay which is located in the northwestern portion of Michigan's lower peninsula (Figure 1). Table 1 lists the 11 trout streams fished during 1903-05. Except for Finch, Fouch, and Mabel (Battle) Creeks, all of the streams had a history of hatchery trout stocking by the time Wait opened the 1903 trout season 3 May. Wait was a bait fisherman. He used worms