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HISTORY OF ALPENA COUNTY BY WILLIAM BOULTON IN 1876
The Alpena Transportation Co. 's boats run between Alpena and Detroit, and extend their trips to Mackinac. The boats between Alpena and Detroit arrive at Alpena on Monday, Thursday, and Friday of each week, and leave for Detroit on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday of each week. Meals and berths are provided on the Detroit lines. On the Mail Line, meals are extra. Accommodations on all the boats are first class. Two of the
boats leave Alpena for Mackinac on Thursday and Friday, and arrive at Alpena from Mackinac on Saturday and Sunday of each week.
FISHING
Fishing is carried on by means of trap nets and gill nets. The trap net rounds are inside the bay, the best places being Campbell's fishery, Plough's fishery, and Sulphur Island. The gill net grounds lie off the coast a dis-tance of from five to ten miles. The number of rigs employed in fishing varies every year, but they number generally, about ten trap nets and ten or twelve gill net rigs. The yearly catch will average between four and five thousand barrels, worth at least $30, 000. Lately a large business has sprung up in the fresh fish line—the fish being packed in ice in Alpena, and then shipped to various points below. The most convenient sites for the gill nets boats are on North Point, Sugar Island, and Gull Island. The best fishing season is during the fall, when the fish come on the various reefs to spawn, but the reckless catching at such times has sensibly diminished the number of fish. The principal fish sought after are the white fish and trout, and of these fish, the State commission in their official report for 1873-4 state as follows:
ALPENA COUNTY MICHIGAN
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