REPORT 



To the HonorahJe the General Assemhhj of the State of Rhode 

 Island and Providence Plantations, at its Januarij Session, 

 1895 : 



The Commissioners of Inland Fislieries here^yitll present tlieir 

 annual report for the year 1894. 



TROUT. 



The Commissioners have purchased ten thousand (10,000) year- 

 ling trout, most of which have been distributed in the various 

 waters of the State. A few hundred will be retained for distribu- 

 tion early in the spring. 



The trout fishing, the past, as for several seasons, has generally 

 been poor, though some good catches are reported. This, in part, 

 is due to the YQiy low state of the water in the streams, which in 

 some cases have dried to their bottom and thereby destrojdng the 

 fish, in j)art undoing what the Commissioners are trying to do, by 

 restocking. We could do more and to better advantage if our ap- 

 propriations were larger. 



BLACK BASS. 



The Commissioners have been enabled through the good offices 

 of Fred Mather to obtain a limited number of adult, large mouth 

 Black Bass, it being deemed desirable to introduce them into some 

 of our rivers which are now practically^ without good food fishes. 



