﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  Heavy 
  losses 
  of 
  salmon 
  and 
  lake-trout 
  fry 
  were 
  sustained 
  during 
  

   July 
  and 
  August, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  liigli 
  temperature 
  of 
  tlie 
  water. 
  In 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  the 
  stock 
  remaining 
  at 
  tbe 
  station 
  was 
  distributed, 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   37,382 
  landlocked 
  salmon, 
  10,S9G 
  brook 
  trout, 
  2,175 
  lake 
  trout, 
  22,834 
  

   brook 
  trout, 
  and 
  9,208 
  rainbow 
  trout, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  transferred 
  from 
  

   Craig 
  Brook 
  Station. 
  

  

  The 
  usual 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  colle(;ting 
  eggs 
  from 
  wild 
  fish 
  

   taken 
  in 
  Green 
  Lake, 
  Flood 
  Pond, 
  Patton 
  Pond, 
  and 
  Winkemi)augh 
  

   Brook. 
  In 
  Green 
  Lake 
  a 
  V-shaped 
  trap 
  was 
  built 
  at 
  tbe 
  entrance 
  of 
  

   Great 
  Brook, 
  and 
  seven 
  pens, 
  varying 
  in 
  lengtli 
  from 
  30 
  to 
  50 
  feet, 
  were 
  

   constructed 
  for 
  holding 
  the 
  brood 
  fish. 
  Similar 
  pens 
  were 
  constructed 
  

   in 
  Winkempaugb 
  Brook, 
  Patton 
  Pond, 
  and 
  Flood 
  Pond, 
  and 
  a 
  pound 
  

   net 
  was 
  set 
  in 
  Maun 
  Brook, 
  the 
  crib 
  being 
  located 
  in 
  water 
  10 
  feet 
  

   deep. 
  The 
  first 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  Green 
  Lake 
  on 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  18 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  on 
  November 
  28. 
  The 
  first 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  on 
  

   November 
  3 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  on 
  November 
  27. 
  The 
  spawning 
  season 
  of 
  

   the 
  brook 
  trout 
  commenced 
  October 
  19 
  and 
  ended 
  November 
  27. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  brook 
  trout 
  and 
  landlocked 
  

   salmon 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  various 
  traps 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  obtained. 
  

   At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  adult 
  fish 
  were 
  refurned 
  without 
  loss 
  to 
  

   the 
  waters 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  taken. 
  

  

  The 
  small 
  collections 
  of 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  were 
  very 
  discourag- 
  

   ing, 
  as 
  every 
  effort 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  that 
  species. 
  

   The 
  poor 
  results 
  were 
  undoubtedly 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  ftict 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  

   Green 
  Lake 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries 
  was 
  so 
  low 
  that 
  the 
  salmon 
  could 
  not 
  

   ascend 
  to 
  their 
  usual 
  spawning-grounds. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  entire 
  summer 
  

   the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  lake 
  was 
  lower 
  than 
  had 
  been 
  known 
  for 
  years, 
  and 
  

   the 
  steamer 
  Senator 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  land 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  wharf 
  for 
  several 
  

   weeks. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  secured 
  from 
  wild 
  fish, 
  14,300 
  brook- 
  

   trout 
  eggs, 
  190,000 
  Yon 
  Behr, 
  and 
  700 
  hybrid 
  Von 
  Behr 
  and 
  brook-trout 
  

   eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  brood 
  stock 
  at 
  tlie 
  station. 
  Seventy-six 
  

   domesticated 
  landlocked 
  salmon, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  reared 
  in 
  the 
  reservoir, 
  

   were 
  stripped 
  during 
  December, 
  but 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  secured 
  from 
  them 
  

   were 
  worthless. 
  A 
  lot 
  of 
  4,500 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  hatching-troughs, 
  but 
  

   no 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  from 
  them. 
  The 
  eggs 
  from 
  these 
  fish 
  were 
  smaller 
  

   and 
  the 
  color 
  darker 
  than 
  lliose 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  wild 
  fish. 
  The 
  fi«h 
  also 
  

   diflered 
  materially 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  color, 
  those 
  reared 
  in 
  the 
  reservoir 
  being 
  

  

  