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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



Brookdale — 



Steelhead -- 980,000 



Ukiah— 



Steelhead 445,000 



Snow Mountain— 



Steelhead -- 202,000 



Bear Lake — 



Rainbow 874,000 



Wawona— 



Rainbow 147,000 



Steelhead 68,000 



Total trout . 215,000 



Total trout 19,033,000 



Total salmon 7,353.000 



Grand total 26,386.000 



Immediately upon the completion of 

 the distribution of fish from the different 

 hatcheries, preparations were commenced 

 for the coming season's operations. 



The usual work of repairing and paint- 

 ing the hatching troughs and buildings 

 at the Mount Shasta Hatchery is well 

 under way, and the ponds and grounds 

 have received their annual overhauling. 



Eastern brook and Loch Leven egg 

 collecting operations were commenced 

 duriug the latter part of October, and to 

 date 1,271,000 Eastern brook and 1,748,- 

 000 Loch Leven eggs have been taken. 



Arrangements are being made to ship 

 75,000 Loch Leven trout eggs to the new 

 Mount Whitney Hatchery in Inyo 

 County from Mount Shasta Hatchery 

 as soon as they can be safely packed 

 and shipped. The Loch Leven eggs, 

 together with 100,000 of the Eastern 

 brook trout eggs, which have been ordered 

 from one of the Eastern hatcheries, will 



be hatched at the Mount Whitney Hatch- 

 ery and distributed in the streams of 

 southern California. 



Following the plans for bringing up 

 the fishing to the trout rearing capacity 

 of Bear Lake, a crew of experts has 

 been busy taking advantage of the fine 

 fall weather to install 30 troughs, to- 

 gether with the necessary flumes, fish- 

 ways, live cars, covering frames, etc., 

 as well as constructing a temporary tent 

 house to shelter them while the negotia- 

 tions for the necessary long-term lease 

 with the North Estate are being con- 

 cluded, when a permanent structure will 

 be built. 



The Bear Lake Egg Collectiug Station 

 on North Creek will have a capacity of 

 6,000,000 eggs. The lake is now six feet 

 lower than last year. A normal rainfall 

 will raise it four feet, in which event the 

 sexually mature trout will again come to 

 North Creek to spawn; but should the 



Fig. 32. A seven and one-half pound lyOck Leven trout caught by Mr. A. Lunde in Septem- 

 ber. 1917, in Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino Mountains. Photograph by W. M. 

 Pierce. 



