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Fishing pressure in the Northeast River, a freshwater tidal tributary of Chesapeake Bay, was very light in 1958. Only 2.4 trips per acre were estimated for the five month period, June throught October. Data, collected by one field man who interviewd and counted anglers daily, indicated that the rate of harvest was 0.29 fish per man hour, and that the average catch (keepworthy fish only) amounted to 1.5 fish per fishing trip. Channel catfish, large-mouth bass, white perch and yellow perch, in that order, were the most important species in the creel.
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Contribution No. 136, Maryland Department of Research and Education, Solomons, Maryland.
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Elser, H.J. Creel census results on the Northeast River, Maryland, 1958. Chesapeake Science 1, 41–47 (1960). https://doi.org/10.2307/1350535
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