132 KEroliT OF CUMMlrfSlONEK OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



October, 1901, Prof. B. Vi. Everinann made an examination of the lake 

 with reference to its lish fauna. The maximum depth, as determined 

 b}' numerous soundings, was 14.5 feet. Although tish food is abun- 

 dant, the larger fishes arc limited in both species and individuals. 



The following lishes were found to inhal)it the lake: Common bull- 

 head {Aineiuriis oiehulosus), white sucker {Catostomus conitnersonvi)^ 

 ehul) sucker {Eritnyzon sucetta)^ roach {Abra7ms (rysoleucas)^ eel 

 {AiujuiUa eJirysypa)^ banded pickerel {Esox americanus), common east- 

 ern pickerel {Esox reticulatus)^ and blue-gill sun-fish {Lepomis paUidus). 

 A few- large-mouthed black bass were recently planted in the lake, and 

 the conditions seem favorable for their rapid increase. 



FRESH-WATER FISHES OF MAINE. 



In acc-ordance with a request from the Debsconeag Fish and Game 

 Clul) that the waters composing the fishing privilege of the club be 

 examined to ascei'tain why trout attain only a small size and if the lakes 

 were suitable for the introduction of trout and landlocked salmon. 

 Dr. W. C. Kendall devoted the month of August to the study of 

 these waters. 



Debsconeag lakes are a chain of five or six small lakes, which from 

 the westward debouch into the West Branch of the Penobscot not far 

 from Debsconeag Falls and about 20 miles from Norcross. Other 

 waters not connected with this chain of lakes, but comprised within 

 the Debsconeag privilege, are Hurd Pond and tributaries and Rain- 

 bow Lake, l)esides a number of smaller ponds and streams. These 

 waters are not exclusively controlled by the club, being public waters, 

 but the club has camp privileges on all of them within certain town- 

 ships. The water area was found to be so extensive that only super- 

 ficial examination of all of them could be made, so most of the time 

 was devoted to First Debsconeag Lake and Hurd Pond. 



Brook trout arc apparently unconunon in Debsconeag lakes and 

 Hurd Pond, but ver}^ abundant, though of small size, in Rainbow 

 Lake; in some of the small ponds they occur in fair numbers. Togue 

 {Ci'istivomer namaycush) are doubtless common; some of large size 

 have been caught, but only small ones of 2 or 3 pounds were obtained 

 during the month of August, and these only in Hurd Pond. There 

 seems to be a scarcity of species of the minnow tribe in some of these 

 lakes, and the tish faunas of the several bodies of water seem to differ 

 somewhat in character; for instance, the chub {Semotilus corporalis)^ 

 common in the Debsconeag lakes, was not found in Hurd Pond, but 

 there its place is taken b}^ the brook chub {Soaotilus atromaculatus)^ 

 which, so far as ascertained, did not occur in the Debsconeag waters. 

 If the conditions prevailing in August obtain throughout the year, the 

 scarcity and smallness of trout is probably due to paucity of food. 



In order to obtain important information regarding small salmon 

 occurring in the East Branch of the Penobscot, mention of which was 



