28 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Caribou, Maine. The others were transferred to- Green Lake to be 

 hatclied, and the losses on the eggs and fry were very small. 



Operations at Green Lake for collecting landlocked-salmon and 

 brook-trout eggs were inaugurated as in previous years, but owing to 

 the fact that the water in the lake was 14: inches lower than during 

 any fishing season in the past seven years no fish were captured in the 

 trap at Great Brook near the spawning-house, it being impossible for 

 them to get over the bars at the mouth of the brook. This, is the first 

 season since the establishment of the hatchery that the fish were 

 unable to ascend Great Brook during the spawning season. A large 

 pound net was operated on what is known as the middle ground, 

 between the hatchery wharf and the outlet of the lake, but owing to 

 unprecedentedly low water no fish were captured in it. A pound net 

 set southeast of the bar at Great Brook in 10 feet of water captured 

 2 brook trout and 164 salmon, half of each species being females. 

 From these fish 2,000 trout and 194,000 salmon eggs were taken. The 

 female salmon caught late in the season were all small, and averaged 

 a trifle over 2,365 eggs to the fish. Some eggs were from immature 

 salmon, apparently 4 or 5 years old, and, as a result, 25,000 died 

 within a few days after being laid down in the troughs. 



At Patten Pond, owing to the low water, only 56 brook trout and 2 

 male salmon were captured. The trout yielded 35,000 eggs, which 

 were transferred to Green Lake Station in good condition. 



In September the collecting station at Branch Pond (Winkempaugh 

 Brook) was repaired and put in shape for the season's work. The 

 water at this point was higher and general conditions more favorable 

 for the capture of fish than at any of the other field stations. How- 

 ever, the lake froze over ten days earlier than the previous ^^ear, which 

 prevented the capture of the usual number of salmon. On October 14 

 the only rain of any importance during the fishing season raised the 

 water in the brook from 8 to 10 inches, and as a result 110 brook trout 

 (25 males and 85 females) and 35 salmon (22 males and 13 females) 

 were captured. The total take of fish at this point for the season was 

 142 trout and 50 salmon. Owing to the scarcity of male brook trout, 

 16 were captured at Harriman's Pond and transferred to this station, 

 but after using all the male fish available there were still 25 large 

 females unstripped, and as it was impossible to obtain milt for fertiliz- 

 ing their eggs, they were liberated. The total collections at Branch 

 Pond amounted to 56,000 salmon eggs and 85,000 brook-trout eggs. 



The landlocked-salmon eggs secured at all points numbered 250,000, 

 and 45,000 of these were shipped to applicants in Massachusetts, Ver- 

 mont, New York, Utah, and Colorado. The remainder were hatched 

 for rearing and distribution as j-earlings in the fall. The stock set 

 aside for this purpose was materiall}' increased during the spring b}' 

 the transfer of 100,000 young salmon from the Craig Brook Station, 

 the loss on these in transit between the stations amounting to 1,551. 



