CJJ 67-10 Carol J. James Devil's Nole, DVNM, Ash Meadows, Nye Co., Nevada 10 September 1967 1710 - 2010 hrs. DST C. James & C. W. Joy Initial Observations: Weather - Sky completely overcast & dark clouds. Storms in nearby mountains (dry lake bed nearly flooding from runoff, only). Very slight drizzle, intermittent. Little or no wind. General Condition - Scum abundant - over entire shelf and shifting. NOTE: In order to see & count the fish, I (splashed) threw water over the surface of the shelf - done as a little disturbance as possible & causing the water to fall much as rain would. This quickly dispersed the scum - causing most of it to fall into the water, & rest eventually on the shelf. This could explain both the variation in amount of scum seen on various trips & recorded by others (JED), which could be due to rain activity which has been very frequent this summer, (e.g. during the evenings) and for the murky appearance of the water, during rain. Algae - over entire shelf and very heavy "Epil" on sloping rock at NE portion of shelf except for grey areas frequented by fish. Activity - Approx. 200-250 fish on the shelf when we arrived. Some feeding. Juvenile & several very young seen.