concentrated on the lower 2 miles of water, from the High Bridge on down- 

 stream; the upper mile is very steep and rough, and fishing pressure on it 

 was considerably less. Cresol was applied to 300 yards of water at Twin 

 Bridges on September 1C, 1953, and 7k rainbow trout, ranging from 3.2 to 

 10.6 inches long, were captured. The estimate of the residual trout popu- 

 lation includes lil legal-size and 389 fingerling rainbows per mile of stream 

 in this immediate vicinity. The great majority of trout in the sample were 

 young of the year, ranging from 3.0 to U.9 inches in length. 



Another cresol survey was made on 75 yards of test water at a point one- 

 half mile upstream from the previous site on November 5, 1953. The popula- 

 tion in this steep and rough area just below the High Bridge was estimated 

 at k7 legal size and 117 fingerling rainbow trout per mile. Several species 

 of Cyprinidae were abundant at this and the Twin Bridge stations. 



The upper waters of the Middle Prong, above the mouth of Ramsey Prong, 

 lie in the Wilderness Area and are closed to fishing. On September 10,1953, 

 a population of ii93 legal size and 1,170 fingerling rainbow trout and 26 

 fingerling brook trout per mile, was estimated from the results obtained 

 in 250 yards of test water at a point one-half mile upstream of the Wilder- 

 ness Area boundary line. Some illegal fishing does occur in the Area and 

 one of the captured brook trout had a snelled ! ook imbedded in its esopha- 

 gus. The rainbow trout ranged from 2.7 to 10.9 inches in length; 33 speci- 

 mens were sexed, and the smallest mature male was U.2 inches long and the 

 smallest maturing female was 3.9 inches. 



An excellent population of Appalachian brook trout was found in Eagle 

 Rocks Branch above a series of barrier falls. This stream lies entirely 

 in the Wilderness Area and is tributary to the Middle Prong. Brook trout 

 from 5 to 9 inches long were easily captured on small flies, and a few 

 individuals of about 10 inches in length w ere observed. 



Ramsey Prong is a large tributary of the Middle Prong and offers 

 about 3.5 miles of fishable water which averages 20 feet in width. It is 

 one of the more remote streams of the watershed which is open to fishing, 

 and access to its lower reaches is achieved by a 3.5-mile walk on the 

 Middle Prong truck road. There were 19 anglers and 100 legal trout 

 recorded per mile during the 1953 season. 



A series of barrier falls, known as Ramsey Cascades, are about 2 

 miles upstream from the mouth of the stream. Native brook trout are said 

 to be common above the cascades, and rainbow trout occur below. Two sur- 

 veys were made on the lower section of this stream and the results differed 

 considerably. The first, a trial run in the use of cresol, was made on 

 September 9, 1953, at a point one-third inile above the mouth. Rainbow 

 trout were the only species taken or observed, and they were estimated to 

 occur at 117 legals and 702 fingerlings per mile. The effective range of 

 the cresol was conservatively listed as 75 yards. 



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