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caught. This is the only successful plant in public 

 waters. 



Three years before the St. Johnsbury station was 

 located on Sleeper River, some rainbow trout fry 

 were sent in the spring of the year, just as the sac 

 was absorbed, say 5000 in all, and planted in the 

 head-waters of this river. Every spring since, a 

 few rainbow trout have been taken below the 

 falls. 



Some years ago a plant of yearling rainbow trout 

 was made in Mad River; as a result came fairly 

 good fishing. In a majority of instances, the 

 plants produced no results, but the fish were always 

 put in as fry. 



Senator Redfield Proctor had a pond in Proctor, 

 Vermont, which he stocked with speckled trout 

 and rainbow trout. The pond is stagnant water. 

 Here the rainbow trout seem to have done well 

 and attained good size. They are more gamy and 

 make better eating than the speckled trout. 



Regarding steel-head trout, there has not yet 

 been time enough to note results. Several plants of 

 fingerlings have been made in Lake Champlain 

 during the past five years. Gratifying results have 

 followed the planting of fingerlings in Willoughby 

 Lake, a body of water four miles long and a mile 

 wide. Quite a number have been caught ranging 



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