CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 
171 
HATCHERY NOTES. 
W. H. SHEBLEy, Hditor. 
TROUT DIE IN BEAR LAKE. 
As is the case in most dry years, there 
has been a great loss of fish due to the 
drying up of lakes and streams. Stock- 
ing operations in many streams have had 
to be suspended this year because the 
streams were absolutely dry. Anglers 
in southern California have been justly 
disturbed over the death of thousands of 
fine large trout, many from three to ten 
pounds in weight, in Big Bear Lake in 
the San Bernardino Mountains, What 
the future of fishing in this lake, which 
has heretofore been the mecca of most 
of the anglers of Los Angeles and nearby 
counties, will be, remains to be seen. 
Many are the theories advanced as to the 
cause underlying the destruction of fish. 
No matter what the immediate cause, 
whether bacteria or chemical poisoning, 
the underlying cause is doubtless to be 
found in the dearth of water. 
SMALL TAKE OF EGGS. 
Low water in the streams where spawn- 
ing operations are carried on has pre- 
large take of eggs for 
vented a the 
Fic. 46. 
County, California. 
A fine type of fish ladder. 
Inskip Dam, South 
Photograph by A. E. 
hatcheries. In many instances streams 
were so low that fish were unable to 
proceed up stream far enough to reach 
the spawning station. At the Snow 
Mountain egg collecting station, where 
a large take of steelhead eggs is usually 
made (from 4,000,000 to 6,000,00) less 
than one-fourth of the usual take was 
secured—750,000, 
GOLDEN TROUT LACKS HARDINESS 
OF OTHER TROUT, 
Although golden trout eggs are being 
successfully hatched and the fry reared 
in our hatcheries, yet the adult golden 
trout appears to be a difficult one to keep 
in breeding ponds. ‘Several attempts have 
been made to keep the golden trout at 
the Mount Shasta Hatchery but with- 
out success. Golden trout exhibited at 
the State Fair at Sacramento last Sep- 
tember were moved to Sisson, but all 
died. Just why this species should suc- 
cumb while others thrive is a mystery, 
as shipments from Inyo County come 
through in good condition and no trouble 
is experienced in keeping them in aquaria 
at the State Fair. 
Butte Creek, Tehama 
Culver. 
