﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  LXV 
  

  

  fish 
  at 
  the 
  station. 
  These, 
  with 
  the 
  take 
  at 
  Twiu 
  Lakes, 
  made 
  an 
  

   aggregate 
  of 
  498,900. 
  A 
  consigument 
  of 
  5,000 
  of 
  these 
  eggs 
  was 
  sent 
  

   to 
  Nashville 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  arrived 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition, 
  only 
  9 
  of 
  

   them 
  being 
  dead 
  when 
  unpacked. 
  They 
  were 
  hatched 
  at 
  tlie 
  exposi- 
  

   tion 
  during 
  July 
  with 
  comparatively 
  no 
  loss. 
  The 
  losses 
  on 
  the 
  balance 
  

   of 
  the 
  stock 
  amounted 
  to 
  39,300, 
  or 
  nearly 
  8 
  per 
  cent, 
  and 
  on 
  June 
  30 
  

   tliere 
  were 
  164,780 
  fry 
  and 
  289,820 
  eggs 
  on 
  hand. 
  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  poor 
  

   results 
  attained 
  at 
  Twin 
  Lakes 
  this 
  year 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  decided 
  to 
  depend 
  

   on 
  Freeman 
  Lake 
  and 
  on 
  such 
  collections 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  

   stock 
  at 
  the 
  station, 
  for 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  black- 
  spotted 
  eggs 
  in 
  future. 
  

  

  BozEMAN 
  Station, 
  Montana 
  (James 
  A. 
  Henshall, 
  Superintendent). 
  

  

  This 
  station 
  is 
  located 
  on 
  Bridger 
  Creek, 
  in 
  the 
  Gallatin 
  Yalley, 
  and 
  

   is 
  3^ 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Bozeman. 
  Its 
  water 
  supply 
  is 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  two 
  springs, 
  the 
  combined 
  volume 
  of 
  which 
  varies 
  from 
  1,200 
  gal- 
  

   lons 
  in 
  wet 
  weather 
  to 
  500 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  season 
  ; 
  the 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  

   water 
  is 
  45°, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  always 
  clear. 
  The 
  superintendent, 
  James 
  A. 
  

   Henshall, 
  was 
  appointed 
  on 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  January 
  and 
  reported 
  for 
  duty 
  

   on 
  the 
  11th 
  of 
  that 
  month. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  winter 
  25,000 
  brook 
  trout 
  eggs 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  Lead- 
  

   ville 
  and 
  100,000 
  steelhead 
  eggs 
  from 
  Fort 
  Gaston. 
  The 
  fry 
  resulting 
  

   from 
  them 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  rearing-ponds 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  May, 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  the 
  brook 
  trout 
  numbered 
  14,11 
  1 
  and 
  the 
  

   steelheads 
  84,858. 
  Besides 
  caring 
  for 
  the 
  eggs 
  and 
  fry, 
  the 
  station 
  force 
  

   was 
  employed 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  and 
  spring 
  in 
  completing 
  the 
  road- 
  

   ways, 
  repairing 
  damage 
  done 
  to 
  the 
  ponds 
  by 
  frost, 
  grading 
  around 
  the 
  

   buildings, 
  and 
  other 
  miscellaneous 
  work. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  spring 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  collect 
  eggs 
  from 
  wild 
  

   black-spotted 
  trout, 
  which 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  spawn 
  during 
  June 
  and 
  July. 
  

   From 
  information 
  gathered 
  from 
  residents 
  in 
  the 
  locality 
  it 
  was 
  believed 
  

   that 
  large 
  numbers 
  could 
  be 
  secured 
  at 
  Mystic 
  Lake 
  (about 
  10 
  miles 
  

   from 
  Bozeman, 
  in 
  the 
  mountains), 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  impassable 
  condi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  roads 
  the 
  superintendent 
  was 
  delayed 
  until 
  June 
  12 
  in 
  mak- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  inspection. 
  This 
  lake 
  is 
  30 
  acres 
  in 
  area, 
  has 
  a 
  dei)th 
  of 
  100 
  

   feet, 
  and 
  is 
  fed 
  by 
  two 
  ideal 
  spawning-streams 
  with 
  gravelly 
  bottoms. 
  

   Numbers 
  of 
  spawning-beds 
  were 
  found, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  decided 
  to 
  return 
  at 
  

   once 
  with 
  the 
  necessary 
  outfit. 
  Owing 
  to 
  heavy 
  rains, 
  however, 
  the 
  

   return 
  trip 
  was 
  not 
  made 
  until 
  June 
  17, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  

   spawning 
  beds 
  had 
  been 
  flooded 
  through 
  the 
  raising 
  of 
  a 
  dam 
  by 
  an 
  

   irrigating 
  company. 
  A 
  few 
  fish 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  small 
  holes 
  near 
  the 
  

   outlet 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  and 
  10,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  secured. 
  

  

  As 
  trout 
  were 
  reported 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  in 
  Soda 
  Bntte 
  

   Lake, 
  in 
  the 
  northwestern 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  Park, 
  an 
  eftbrt 
  

   was 
  made 
  to 
  collect 
  eggs 
  there 
  in 
  July, 
  but 
  none 
  weie 
  obtained, 
  as 
  it 
  

   was 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  there, 
  as 
  in 
  Mystic 
  Lake 
  and 
  other 
  waters 
  in 
  

   the 
  vicinity, 
  spawn 
  much 
  earlier 
  than 
  has 
  been 
  commonly 
  believed. 
  It 
  

   is 
  thought 
  that 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  eggs 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  at 
  both 
  these 
  

   F. 
  R. 
  97 
  V 
  

  

  