Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1902 — To Be Seined Next Week. [ARTICLE]

To Be Seined Next Week.

The seining of Cedar Lake is to be thoroughly done next week, under the direction of the Monon railroad company, beginning Tuesday, April Bth, and all the buffalo, dogfish, gar, carp and turtles are to be thrown out. A seine 500 feet long and 12 feet deep will be used, being handled by steam boats, and the work will occupy a couple of weeks. The state fish commission will have a representative on the spot who will assume personal direction of returning;the black bass, croppies and other edible species to the lake, and representatives from the Field Columbian museum and other institutions will also be on the ground for purposes of observation and study, as no similar work of so extensive a character has been done before in this part of the country. After the lake has been thoroughly seined, the State Fish Commission will re-stock the lake with black bass and other game fish. It will be an interesting sight and no doubt many Rensselaer people will go up to see it