CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



were put iu shape for the season's oper- 

 ations, but it was uot until the latter 

 part of the month that the large Rlamath 

 River rainbow trout commenced to run. 

 The first spawning of the season was on 

 February 17, when 120,000 eggs of this 

 species of trout were taken. The storms 

 throughout the northern part of the state 

 increased the run of fish into the tribu- 

 tary streams of the Klamath River, 

 where our egg-collecting stations are lo- 

 cated, and the take of rainboAV eggs now 

 promises to be very good. 



operations and very little work was neces- 

 sary in the way of improvement. The 

 hatching troughs were repainted, and a 

 few minor repairs made to the building 

 and hatching paraphernalia. The first 

 steelhead trout eggs were received from 

 the Scott Creek Station on February 20. 



SCOTT CREEK STATION. 



As in the streams of the northern part 

 of the state, the run of fish in Scott Creek 

 was delayed over a month, owing to the 

 extreme drought. The steelhead trout 



Fig. 31. Steelhead fishing on the Eel River. 



ALMANOR HATCHERY. 

 On March 1 a crew of men will be 

 sent to Lake Almanor, Plumas County, 

 to open up the Almanor Hatchery, and 

 Domingo Springs egg-collecting station. 

 With the improvement in the Almanor 

 Hatchery buildings, traps, etc., and the 

 addition of the egg-collecting station at 

 Domingo Springs, excellent results should 

 be obtained from the fishcultural opera- 

 tions in Plumas County this season. 



BROOKDALE HATCHERY. 

 Under the terms of the agreement en- 

 tered into between the board of super- 

 visors of Santa Cruz County and the 

 California Fish and Game Commission, 

 the Brookdale Hatchery was taken over 

 by the commission on January 1. The 

 hatchery was in excellent condition for 



usually commence to run during the 

 month of January, but this season it 

 was not until February 20 that the first 

 lot of eggs was taken. It was feared 

 that our take of steelhead eggs this sea- 

 son would be very light ; but with the 

 heavy storms of the past ten days we are 

 almost assured of at least an average take 

 of eggs at Scott Creek Station. 



SNOW MOUNTAIN STATION. 



Whereas large numbers of steelhead 

 trout are reported in the Eel River a short 

 distance below the Snow Mountain dam, 

 but very few fish have been taken in the 

 traps at this station. It is probable, 

 however, that with the recent storms the 

 fish will soon commence to run, and our 

 season's take will be satisfactory. 



