﻿G4 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  very 
  poor, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  too 
  fat. 
  Several 
  of 
  them 
  

   were 
  opened 
  and 
  the 
  vent 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  nearly 
  closed 
  that 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  forced 
  out. 
  Operations 
  were 
  discontinued 
  on 
  

   January 
  17, 
  although 
  there 
  were 
  on 
  hand 
  80 
  large 
  ripe 
  females. 
  The 
  

   work 
  at 
  Xast's 
  Lake, 
  though 
  small, 
  was 
  satisfactory. 
  Half 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   collected 
  at 
  that 
  point 
  were 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  and 
  

   from 
  the 
  balance 
  20,000 
  healthy 
  fry 
  were 
  produced, 
  the 
  loss 
  in 
  incuba 
  

   tion 
  being 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  20 
  per 
  cent. 
  The 
  result 
  at 
  Twin 
  Lakes 
  was 
  dis 
  

   couraging, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  only 
  an 
  expensive 
  field 
  to 
  operate, 
  but 
  27,000 
  

   of 
  the 
  eggs 
  secured 
  were 
  lost, 
  owing 
  to 
  low 
  temperature 
  and 
  rough 
  

   handling 
  in 
  transportation. 
  

  

  The 
  brood 
  stock 
  commenced 
  spawning 
  on 
  October 
  5, 
  the 
  collections 
  

   continuing 
  until 
  January 
  3. 
  These 
  eggs 
  were 
  of 
  excellent 
  quality, 
  the 
  

   loss 
  iu 
  hatching 
  being 
  only 
  22 
  per 
  cent, 
  and 
  in 
  May, 
  when 
  the 
  distribu- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  fry 
  was 
  undertaken, 
  there 
  were 
  314,000 
  iu 
  stock. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  on 
  January 
  5, 
  91 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  spawn- 
  

   ing 
  season 
  commenced, 
  and 
  began 
  taking 
  food 
  on 
  February 
  20, 
  at 
  the 
  

   age 
  of 
  47 
  days. 
  In 
  May 
  332,000 
  of 
  the 
  fry 
  on 
  hand 
  were 
  distributed 
  to 
  

   applicants 
  in 
  Colorado, 
  Wyoming, 
  and 
  South 
  Dakota, 
  and 
  170,520 
  

   were 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  Wellington 
  and 
  Uneva 
  lakes 
  and 
  

   Gale's 
  Pond; 
  the 
  balance 
  were 
  retained 
  to 
  be 
  reared 
  and 
  distributed 
  

   as 
  yearlings. 
  

  

  Loch 
  Leven 
  trout. 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  were 
  obtaine<l 
  on 
  

   October 
  24, 
  and 
  by 
  January 
  18, 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season, 
  81,260 
  had 
  been 
  

   secured 
  from 
  brood 
  stock 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  and 
  wild 
  fish 
  in 
  Uneva 
  and 
  

   Twin 
  lakes. 
  Three 
  consignments 
  of 
  10,000 
  each 
  were 
  shipped 
  to 
  Hon. 
  

   G. 
  Schnitger, 
  fish 
  commissioner 
  of 
  Wyoming, 
  Hon. 
  Lewis 
  Miller, 
  

   Laramie, 
  Wyo., 
  and 
  Austin 
  C. 
  Tubbs, 
  of 
  California. 
  From 
  the 
  balance 
  

   23,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched, 
  11,780 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  on 
  hand 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  

   the 
  year. 
  

  

  Rainbow 
  trout. 
  — 
  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  eggs 
  collected 
  the 
  preceding 
  spring, 
  

   there 
  were 
  4,260 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  available 
  for 
  distribution 
  in 
  October. 
  

   Of 
  these, 
  900 
  were 
  deposited 
  iu 
  Evergreen 
  Lakes 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  were 
  

   liberated 
  iu 
  other 
  waters. 
  In 
  February, 
  55,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  received 
  

   from 
  the 
  Neosho, 
  Mo., 
  Station, 
  and 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  collections 
  aggre 
  

   gating 
  85,500 
  were 
  secured 
  at 
  Uneva 
  and 
  Twin 
  lakes. 
  The 
  eggs 
  

   received 
  from 
  iSTeosho 
  commenced 
  hatching 
  February 
  20 
  and 
  finished 
  

   March 
  10, 
  yielding 
  52,800 
  fry. 
  Of 
  these, 
  32,300 
  were 
  lost; 
  the 
  balance 
  

   were 
  distributed 
  in 
  May. 
  From 
  the 
  collections 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   the 
  station 
  there 
  remained 
  on 
  hand 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  24,500 
  fry 
  

   and 
  44,900 
  eggs. 
  

  

  ISfative 
  trout.— 
  Vvom 
  the 
  11,300 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  yellow-finned 
  trout 
  on 
  

   hand 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year, 
  7,700 
  fingerlings 
  were 
  planted 
  

   in 
  Evergreen 
  and 
  Twin 
  lakes 
  in 
  October. 
  The 
  following 
  spring 
  the 
  first 
  

   eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  on 
  May 
  12, 
  at 
  Twin 
  Lakes, 
  and 
  the 
  collection 
  for 
  the 
  

   season 
  amounted 
  to 
  21,200. 
  The 
  loss 
  to 
  July 
  1 
  was 
  6,100, 
  about 
  29 
  per 
  

   cent. 
  

  

  