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  FISHERIES. 
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  STEELHEAD 
  TROUT 
  IN 
  THE 
  GREAT 
  LAKES 
  REGION. 
  

  

  The 
  steelhead 
  trout, 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  Lake 
  Superior, 
  was 
  in 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  in 
  greater 
  numbers 
  last 
  spring 
  during 
  the 
  spawning 
  season 
  than 
  ever 
  before,. 
  

   The 
  fish 
  ascended 
  the 
  Lester 
  River 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  dam 
  near 
  Dukith 
  station, 
  passing 
  

   over 
  all 
  the 
  falls 
  below 
  this 
  dam, 
  and 
  could 
  be 
  seen 
  jumping 
  at 
  almost 
  any 
  time 
  of 
  

   day 
  from 
  about 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  April 
  to 
  the 
  30th 
  of 
  May. 
  From 
  150 
  to 
  200 
  large 
  steel- 
  

   heads 
  were 
  caught 
  by 
  fishermen 
  (worms 
  being 
  used 
  as 
  bait) 
  on 
  Lester 
  River 
  

   V)etween 
  the 
  railroad 
  bridge 
  and 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  dam, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  300 
  to 
  400 
  

   yards, 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  males 
  but 
  three 
  or 
  four, 
  and 
  weighing 
  from 
  1^ 
  to 
  45 
  pounds. 
  

   The 
  females 
  refused 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  hook 
  during 
  the 
  spawning 
  season. 
  These 
  fish 
  are 
  

   frequently 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  nets 
  of 
  the 
  commercial 
  fishermen 
  along 
  the 
  north 
  shore. 
  

  

  Under 
  date 
  of 
  June 
  26, 
  1903, 
  L. 
  E. 
  Baldridge, 
  of 
  the 
  Duluth 
  hatchery, 
  reported 
  

   that 
  one 
  year 
  ago 
  a 
  plant 
  of 
  steel 
  heads 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  Baker 
  Lake, 
  near 
  Spooner, 
  Wis., 
  

   and 
  that 
  in 
  June 
  a 
  specimen 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  station 
  from 
  that 
  lake 
  which 
  weighed 
  

   half 
  a 
  pound 
  and 
  was 
  11 
  inches 
  long. 
  

  

  A 
  report 
  from 
  Traverse 
  City, 
  Mich., 
  states 
  that 
  ijiany 
  fish 
  locally 
  called 
  rainbow 
  

   trout, 
  but 
  which 
  were 
  undoubtedly 
  steelheads, 
  have 
  been 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  streams 
  

   below 
  Hoxie's 
  Pond, 
  near 
  Acme; 
  mention 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  one 
  specimen 
  30 
  inches 
  in 
  

   length 
  and 
  weighing 
  fully 
  12 
  pounds. 
  

  

  LANDLOCKED 
  SALMON 
  AND 
  TROUT 
  IN 
  CALIFORNIA. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Charles 
  A. 
  Vogelsang, 
  chief 
  deputy 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  fish 
  commission, 
  reports 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  The 
  consignment 
  of 
  25,000 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  furnished 
  in 
  1899 
  arrived 
  

   in 
  rather 
  poor 
  condition, 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  were 
  not 
  as 
  satisfactory 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  wished. 
  

   About 
  17,000 
  of 
  the 
  iry 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  Lake 
  Tahoe, 
  where 
  occasional 
  specimens 
  

   are 
  taken; 
  1,000 
  fry 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  lake 
  in 
  Placer 
  County, 
  near 
  Cisco, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Sierra 
  Nevada 
  Mountains, 
  and 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  this 
  year, 
  the 
  

   largest 
  weighing 
  about 
  4 
  pounds. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  impression 
  of 
  the 
  superintendent 
  who 
  

   hatched 
  the 
  eggs 
  that 
  the 
  loss 
  was 
  unusually 
  heavy, 
  and 
  the 
  surviving 
  fry 
  were 
  not 
  

   strong, 
  but 
  enough 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  to 
  demonstrate 
  that 
  under 
  favorable 
  conditions 
  

   these 
  fish 
  will 
  flourish 
  in 
  our 
  mountain 
  lakes. 
  Loch 
  Leven 
  and 
  German 
  brown 
  

   trout, 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  have 
  

   ])roduced 
  good 
  results. 
  They 
  were 
  planted 
  principally 
  in 
  lakes, 
  but 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   l)rown 
  trout 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  streams. 
  A 
  previous 
  State 
  board 
  decided 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  

   destructive 
  to 
  other 
  forms 
  of 
  trout 
  life, 
  and 
  discontinued 
  their 
  further 
  propagation. 
  

   In 
  Donner 
  Lake, 
  Loch 
  Levens 
  weighing 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  pounds 
  are 
  taken. 
  Mackinaw 
  trout 
  

   {Crislivomcr 
  namaycush), 
  hatched 
  from 
  eggs 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  

   Commission, 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  Lake 
  Tahoe, 
  and 
  have 
  done 
  better 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  of 
  

   the 
  fishes 
  introduced 
  in 
  those 
  waters. 
  

  

  STKIPED 
  BASS 
  AND 
  SHAD 
  IN 
  CALIFORNIA. 
  

  

  Regarding 
  these 
  fish 
  Mr. 
  Vogelsang 
  writes: 
  The 
  history 
  of 
  our 
  striped 
  l)ass 
  propa- 
  

   gation 
  is 
  so 
  well 
  known 
  that 
  we 
  will 
  simply 
  refer 
  to 
  it 
  briefly 
  by 
  saying 
  that 
  100 
  

   small 
  fish 
  planted 
  in 
  1879, 
  and 
  350 
  in 
  1882, 
  in 
  the 
  Straits 
  of 
  Carquinez, 
  have 
  developed 
  

   so 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  marketing 
  in 
  this 
  city 
  about 
  2,000,000 
  pounds 
  annually. 
  They 
  are 
  

   frequently 
  found 
  weighing 
  from 
  35 
  to 
  40 
  jiounds, 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  have 
  

   been 
  brought 
  in 
  that 
  reached 
  50 
  pounds. 
  These 
  fish 
  were 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  waters 
  

   of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  until 
  introduced 
  through 
  the 
  agency 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Com- 
  

   mission. 
  Shad 
  have 
  increased 
  so 
  enormously 
  that 
  the 
  principal 
  dealers 
  restrict 
  the 
  

   catch, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  sometimes 
  sold 
  for 
  25 
  cents 
  per 
  box 
  of 
  about 
  75 
  pounds, 
  

  

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  C 
  1903 
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