96 FISHES AND FISHING IN SUNAPEE LAKE. 



1, but may continue throughout the season. Its legal length should 

 be not under 10 inches, and the other fishmg regulations regarding 

 methods of capture, as in the case of the trouts, should apply to it. 



Species for introduction. — It is also recommended to stock the lake, 

 if possible, with one or more species of cyprmids, preferably the 

 redfui (Notropis cornutus), golden shiner, ''roach" {Ahramis cryso- 

 leucas), and gray chub minnow {Gouesius plumbeus), which abound 

 in many New Hampshire waters and perhaps in the smaller ponds 

 not very remote from Sunapee Lake. The writer would exclude 

 the two chubs, if possible, at least would make no effort to get them, 

 if one or aU of the others are available. 



These minnows could be planted in the dead water of the brooks 

 and they would soon become abundant if a large enough initial stock 

 is planted. The gray chub minnow is primarily a lake fish, swim- 

 ming in schools, and ascendmg streams to spawn much as the smelt, 

 but somewhat later in the season. It would afford food for the 

 black bass and pickerel as well as other fishes. 



Note. — On page 46 it is stated that there seem to be no records 

 of brown trout planted as such in Sunapee Lake, but in an article 

 entitled ''Pacific Salmon in Eastern Waters" (Forest and Stream, 

 Mar. 2, 1912), Dr. John D. Quackenbos writes that in 1897 he planted 

 that species in an entering stream, and he ascribes to that plant the 

 14-pound trout referred to on pages 46 and 47 and shown on plate vii 

 of the present report. 



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