﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
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  excellent 
  results, 
  a 
  20-foot 
  miunow 
  net 
  bringing 
  in 
  at 
  each 
  liaul 
  from 
  5 
  

   to 
  75 
  trout. 
  The 
  largest 
  catch 
  in 
  any 
  one 
  day 
  was 
  over 
  GOO. 
  The 
  

   first 
  ripe 
  fish 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  October 
  3, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  

   386,807 
  eggs 
  had 
  been 
  secured. 
  From 
  the 
  experience 
  gained 
  this 
  

   year, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  much 
  better 
  results 
  can 
  be 
  secured, 
  and 
  at 
  

   reduced 
  cost, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  unnecessary 
  to 
  establish 
  the 
  station 
  before 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  September. 
  

  

  A 
  number 
  of 
  experiments 
  were 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  in 
  transferring 
  

   eggs 
  before 
  they 
  were 
  eyed 
  from 
  the 
  field 
  stations 
  to 
  Northville. 
  Four- 
  

   teen 
  shipments 
  of 
  eggs 
  were 
  made, 
  varying 
  in 
  age 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  22 
  days, 
  

   and 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  they 
  could 
  be 
  moved 
  successfully 
  up 
  to 
  and 
  

   including 
  the 
  eighth 
  day; 
  between 
  the 
  eighth 
  and 
  the 
  eighteenth 
  days 
  

   the 
  losses 
  were 
  much 
  heavier, 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  being 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  50 
  per 
  cent. 
  

  

  The 
  mortality 
  among 
  the 
  wild 
  brook 
  trout 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  Au 
  Sable 
  

   early 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  was 
  very 
  heavy, 
  and 
  only 
  233,928 
  eggs 
  were 
  secured 
  

   from 
  them. 
  From 
  the 
  domesticated 
  stock 
  46,710 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  

   78 
  spawners. 
  Of 
  667,445 
  brook- 
  trout 
  eggs 
  obtained 
  from 
  all 
  sources 
  

   during 
  the 
  season, 
  75,000 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  

   stations 
  at 
  St. 
  Johnsbury, 
  Cape 
  Vincent, 
  and 
  Duluth; 
  20,000 
  were 
  

   furnished 
  to 
  the 
  Minnesota 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  and 
  20,000 
  to 
  applicants 
  

   in 
  Ohio. 
  From 
  the 
  remaining 
  stock, 
  210,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  in 
  March 
  and 
  May 
  to 
  applicants 
  in 
  Michigan 
  Iowa, 
  Wisconsin, 
  

   and 
  Ohio, 
  for 
  planting 
  in 
  public 
  waters. 
  

  

  Yon 
  Behr 
  trout. 
  — 
  Of 
  the 
  brood 
  stock 
  on 
  hand, 
  132 
  females 
  spawned 
  

   during 
  the 
  season, 
  producing 
  60,400 
  eggs. 
  The 
  first 
  were 
  taken 
  on 
  

   November 
  6 
  and 
  thv. 
  .ast 
  on 
  January 
  7. 
  They 
  commenced 
  hatching 
  in 
  

   February 
  and 
  the 
  30,000 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  them 
  were 
  distributed 
  with 
  

   the 
  brook 
  and 
  lake 
  trout 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  May. 
  

  

  Loch 
  Leven 
  trout. 
  — 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  secured 
  from 
  this 
  species 
  were 
  

   taken 
  from 
  3-year-old 
  fish, 
  as 
  only 
  23 
  females 
  of 
  the 
  older 
  brood 
  stock 
  

   spawned. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  ripe 
  fish 
  used 
  was 
  262, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  eggs 
  obtained 
  from 
  them 
  was 
  132,000. 
  Of 
  these, 
  20,000 
  were 
  assigned 
  

   to 
  the 
  Nebraska 
  and 
  Minnesota 
  Fish 
  Commissions, 
  and 
  17,000 
  fry 
  were 
  

   hatched 
  from 
  the 
  balance 
  and 
  distributed 
  to 
  applicants 
  in 
  Michigan 
  

   and 
  Indiana. 
  

  

  Steelhead 
  and 
  rainhoiv 
  trout. 
  — 
  On 
  Ax)ril 
  5 
  a 
  consignment 
  of 
  75,352 
  

   steelhead 
  trout 
  eggs 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  Fort 
  Gaston 
  Station. 
  The 
  eggs 
  

   were 
  en 
  route 
  twelve 
  days 
  and 
  only 
  3,363 
  dead 
  ones 
  were 
  picked 
  out 
  

   on 
  arrival. 
  The 
  55,000 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  them 
  were 
  planted 
  early 
  in 
  

   May, 
  deposits 
  being 
  made 
  in 
  Tawas 
  and 
  Pine 
  rivers, 
  emptying 
  into 
  Lake 
  

   Huron, 
  and 
  Maple 
  River, 
  Straits 
  of 
  Mackinac. 
  From 
  a 
  consignment 
  of 
  

   25,000 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  eggs 
  shipped 
  from 
  Wytbeville 
  Station, 
  20,000 
  

   fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  distributed 
  during 
  the 
  spring. 
  

  

  Blade 
  bass 
  — 
  The 
  small-mouthed 
  black 
  bass 
  transferred 
  from 
  Put-in 
  

   Bay 
  showed 
  no 
  inclination 
  to 
  spawn 
  this 
  season. 
  This 
  was 
  probably 
  

   due 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  confined 
  in 
  small 
  shallow 
  ponds, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   recommended 
  that 
  a 
  pond 
  at 
  least 
  au 
  acre 
  in 
  area, 
  Avith 
  the 
  necessary 
  

  

  