324 SPAWNING SEASONS OF CHARR. 



The mining industry is now very much reduced. 

 Coniston contains about 3,000 acres of water, and ought 

 to be very productive." 



Mr. John Fell, chairman of the Kent Board of Con- 

 servators, stated — 



" The lakes and tarns, Windermere, Coniston, 

 Esthwaite, Grasmere, and Eydal — Esthwaite and Gras- 

 mere are too shallow for charr — are in the Kent 

 district. 



" The close season for trout and charr should be from 

 the 20th October to the 28th February inclusive." 



Other witnesses stated — 



" In Windermere the charr are in the deep wiiter, 

 the trout on the shingly and rocky shores, the pike and 

 perch in the weedy bays and about the shallow rocks in 

 the middle of the lake. 



" The charr spawn at tw^o different times in the river 

 Brathay, and at about ten places by the shore of the 

 lake. The trout spawn in the river Rothay. There are 

 two sets of charr, one spawning now (February), the 

 other in the autumn. Believes that all charr that have 

 not spawned are bright, and that after spawning they 

 are red bellied. The larger charr are not red bellied 

 all the year. The charr go up the Brathay on the 13th 

 October — Ambleside sheep fair." 



A writer in Land and Water states : " Charr run out 

 of Windermere to spawn in the Brathay. Although two 

 rivers fall into Windermere at its head, forming a 

 junction above the lake, the charr never go up the 

 Piothay, they turn off at the fork into the Brathay — the 

 reason for this has never been explained. 



"Some charr spawn in November, some in February. 

 The trout si)awn in Consey, Troutbeck, and Rothay. 

 The Brathay is almost entirely occupied by charr. 



