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  EEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  A.ND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  RAINBOW 
  TKOUT 
  IN 
  NORTH 
  CAROLINA. 
  

  

  The 
  Toxaway 
  Company, 
  writing 
  about 
  the 
  stocking 
  of 
  Fairfield 
  Lake 
  with 
  rain- 
  

   bow 
  trout 
  in 
  1899, 
  states 
  that 
  in 
  1902 
  and 
  1903 
  fish 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  lake 
  weigh- 
  

   ing 
  4 
  J 
  and 
  4| 
  pounds. 
  The 
  water 
  seems 
  especially 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  these 
  fish; 
  they 
  

   grow 
  rapidly 
  and 
  are 
  excellent 
  from 
  every 
  standiioint 
  — 
  gamy, 
  full 
  of 
  life, 
  and 
  good 
  

   table 
  fish. 
  

  

  RAINBOW 
  TROUT 
  IN 
  PENNSYLVANIA. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Ashcraft, 
  of 
  the 
  Coudersport 
  Rod 
  and 
  Gun 
  Club, 
  reports 
  that 
  rainbow 
  

   trout 
  are 
  doing 
  nicely 
  in 
  streams 
  that 
  were 
  originally 
  filled 
  with 
  speckled 
  trout. 
  

   In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1903 
  one 
  was 
  caught 
  which 
  was 
  22 
  inches 
  long 
  iind 
  w^eighed 
  5J 
  

   pounds. 
  In 
  1899 
  he 
  stocked 
  two 
  ponds, 
  one 
  being 
  the 
  reservoir 
  supplying 
  Couders- 
  

   port, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  keep 
  watch 
  on 
  the 
  fish. 
  They 
  have 
  grown 
  well 
  and 
  in 
  

   1903 
  weighed 
  2 
  to 
  2^ 
  pounds, 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  multiplying 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  

   two 
  runs 
  of 
  young 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  reservoir 
  into 
  the 
  main 
  stream 
  supplying 
  it. 
  The 
  

   large 
  fish 
  will 
  be 
  transferred 
  to 
  a 
  new 
  pond 
  that 
  is 
  being 
  built. 
  

  

  BLACK 
  BASS 
  AND 
  CRAPPIE 
  IN 
  NEW 
  .JERSEY, 
  PENNSYLVANIA, 
  AND 
  MASSACHUSETTS. 
  

  

  A 
  correspondent 
  at 
  Burlington 
  writes: 
  The 
  l)lack 
  bass 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  have 
  done 
  splen- 
  

   didly. 
  Our 
  state 
  prohibits 
  fishing 
  in 
  stocked 
  waters 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  three 
  years, 
  so 
  

   you 
  can 
  see 
  they 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  chance. 
  The 
  first 
  day 
  after 
  the 
  three 
  years 
  expired 
  

   there 
  were 
  over 
  100 
  fish 
  caught, 
  some 
  weighing 
  more 
  than 
  5 
  pounds. 
  The 
  fishermen 
  

   were 
  greatly 
  surprised 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  done 
  so 
  well. 
  

  

  An 
  applicant 
  for 
  crappie 
  lor 
  Lake 
  Popanoming, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  

   spawned 
  and 
  multiplied, 
  and 
  that 
  recently 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  90, 
  each 
  weighing 
  1 
  pound 
  or 
  

   thereabouts, 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  a 
  single 
  rod 
  during 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  days 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  

   The 
  fish 
  he 
  received 
  were 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  lots, 
  one 
  part 
  going 
  to 
  Cranberry 
  Lake, 
  

   New 
  Jersey, 
  where 
  they 
  have 
  done 
  equally 
  well. 
  From 
  some 
  others, 
  placed 
  in 
  Lake 
  

   Hoptacong, 
  no 
  reports 
  have 
  yet 
  been 
  received. 
  

  

  The 
  Connecticut 
  River 
  between 
  the 
  Holyoke 
  dam 
  and 
  Turners 
  Falls 
  was 
  stocked 
  

   with 
  black 
  bass 
  in 
  1898, 
  1899, 
  and 
  1900, 
  each 
  consignment 
  consisting 
  of 
  200 
  to 
  300 
  

   fish. 
  The 
  river 
  at 
  Holyoke 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  1,000 
  feet 
  wide, 
  and 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  

   the 
  two 
  points 
  named 
  is 
  about 
  30 
  miles. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  illegal 
  fishing 
  in 
  this 
  stretch 
  of 
  

   the 
  river 
  has 
  been 
  stopped, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  reported 
  that 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  decided 
  increase 
  

   in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  black 
  bass 
  from 
  that 
  time. 
  

  

  SPOTTED 
  CAT-FISH 
  IN 
  POTOMAC 
  RIVER. 
  

  

  The 
  Potomac 
  River 
  between 
  Great 
  Falls 
  and 
  Alexandriahias 
  been 
  very 
  successfully 
  

   stocked 
  with 
  spotted 
  cat-fish 
  from 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  River, 
  and 
  at 
  present 
  this 
  species 
  

   is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  desirable 
  fishes 
  caught 
  by 
  anglers. 
  The 
  largest 
  specimens 
  reported 
  

   from 
  the 
  Potomac 
  have 
  weighed 
  upward 
  of 
  20 
  pounds. 
  The 
  average 
  weight 
  of 
  those 
  

   taken 
  with 
  hook 
  and 
  line 
  is 
  about 
  2 
  J 
  to 
  3 
  pounds, 
  and 
  many 
  weigh 
  4 
  to 
  12 
  pounds. 
  

   This 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  an 
  excellent 
  game 
  species. 
  

  

  OPERATIONS 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  stations 
  and 
  substations 
  at 
  which 
  tish-cultiiral 
  operations 
  were 
  

   conducted 
  in 
  1903, 
  with 
  the 
  persons 
  in 
  charge, 
  were 
  as 
  follows, 
  the 
  

   permanent 
  hatcheries 
  being 
  indicated 
  thus 
  "' 
  and 
  the 
  subsidiary 
  sta- 
  

   tions 
  being 
  shown 
  thereunder: 
  

  

  