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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
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  about 
  one-third 
  rainbow; 
  iii 
  addition 
  to 
  this 
  we 
  would 
  cati-h 
  from 
  100 
  to 
  1,()<)0 
  last 
  

   spring's 
  liatcb, 
  and 
  Ibey 
  would 
  run 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  rainbow 
  than 
  brook 
  trout. 
  The 
  

   rainbow 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  Au 
  Sable 
  are 
  considered 
  by 
  sportsmen 
  as 
  more 
  gamy 
  than 
  

   either 
  brook 
  trout 
  or 
  grayling, 
  and 
  it 
  requires 
  heavier 
  tackle 
  for 
  this 
  fish 
  than 
  for 
  a 
  

   brook 
  trout 
  of 
  equal 
  Aveight. 
  Rainbow 
  trout 
  are 
  also 
  takeu 
  quite 
  frequently 
  with 
  

   hook 
  and 
  line 
  in 
  Pere 
  Marquftte 
  River; 
  also 
  the 
  branches 
  of 
  that 
  stream. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  K. 
  Hancock, 
  of 
  tlie 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Com- 
  

   lui.ssion 
  station 
  at 
  Leadville, 
  Colo,, 
  the 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  is 
  not 
  plentiful 
  

   in 
  the 
  streams 
  throughout 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  its 
  average 
  size 
  

   would 
  probably 
  be 
  only 
  three 
  to 
  five 
  fish 
  to 
  a 
  pound, 
  although 
  one 
  is 
  

   occasionally 
  taken 
  weighing 
  one-half 
  to 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  a 
  ])Ound. 
  In 
  tlie 
  

   streams 
  and 
  small 
  ponds 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  their 
  

   growth 
  is 
  very 
  slow. 
  In 
  the 
  lower 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  however, 
  south 
  and 
  

   southwest 
  of 
  Leadville, 
  tliey 
  are 
  more 
  abundant 
  and 
  of 
  much 
  larger 
  size. 
  

   In 
  Twin 
  Lakes, 
  12 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Leadville, 
  the 
  rainbow 
  attains 
  a 
  weight 
  

   of 
  V2 
  or 
  13 
  i^ounds. 
  Some 
  25 
  to 
  28 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  weighing 
  8 
  to 
  13 
  

   pounds 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  by 
  station 
  employees. 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  gamy 
  and 
  

   are 
  excellent 
  for 
  the 
  table. 
  

  

  Among 
  other 
  waters 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  have 
  been 
  success- 
  

   fully 
  acclimatized 
  are 
  the 
  Tippecanoe 
  Eiver, 
  near 
  Monticello, 
  Ind. 
  ; 
  

   tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  river 
  in 
  Maryland; 
  the 
  Green 
  Eiver, 
  

   North 
  Carolina, 
  whei'e 
  large 
  examples 
  have 
  been 
  caught; 
  Silver 
  Creek 
  

   and 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Chattooga 
  River, 
  Georgia; 
  Broad 
  Eiver, 
  South 
  

   Carolina; 
  Battenkill 
  Eiver, 
  Vermont; 
  and 
  Spring 
  Eiver, 
  near 
  ^lammoth 
  

   Spring, 
  Ark. 
  

  

  Shad 
  and 
  striped 
  bass 
  in 
  California. 
  — 
  The 
  remarkable 
  success 
  attend- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  these 
  fish 
  into 
  Pacific 
  waters 
  has 
  been 
  fre- 
  

   (juently 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  Commission. 
  Their 
  recent 
  

   history 
  in 
  California 
  warrants 
  brief 
  notice. 
  

  

  The 
  consumption 
  of 
  shad 
  in 
  California 
  has 
  been 
  diminishing 
  for 
  

   several 
  years, 
  and 
  in 
  189.1 
  the 
  receipts 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  the 
  principal 
  

   market, 
  were 
  very 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  jn^eceding 
  years. 
  The 
  

   returns 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  six 
  months 
  of 
  189G, 
  however, 
  show 
  a 
  substantial 
  

   increase, 
  the 
  receipts 
  being 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  corres]>onding 
  period 
  of 
  

   the 
  three 
  preceding 
  years, 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  whole 
  year 
  of 
  1805, 
  as 
  

   shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table: 
  

  

  Shad 
  reeeived 
  in 
  the 
  San 
  Francisco 
  markel. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  

   for 
  1895-9G 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  sbad 
  lisheries 
  continue 
  to 
  be 
  influenced 
  by 
  the 
  demand 
  for 
  the 
  fish. 
  The 
  fish- 
  

   ermen 
  are 
  limited 
  by 
  the 
  marketmcn 
  to 
  that 
  amount 
  svhich 
  is 
  daily 
  consumed, 
  this 
  

  

  