﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  141 
  

  

  A 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  receipts 
  of 
  these 
  fisb 
  in 
  Sau 
  Francisco 
  during 
  

   tlie 
  years 
  1893, 
  1894, 
  1895, 
  and 
  1896 
  follows. 
  This 
  shows 
  that 
  151,784 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  carp 
  and 
  129,159 
  pounds 
  of 
  catfish 
  were 
  disposed 
  of, 
  the 
  

   approximate 
  value 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  $6,000. 
  

  

  Pounds 
  of 
  carp 
  and 
  catfish 
  i-eceived 
  in 
  the 
  San 
  Francisco 
  market. 
  

  

  Eastern 
  fish 
  in 
  Lake 
  Cuymnaca, 
  California. 
  — 
  In 
  January, 
  1896, 
  the 
  Cal- 
  

   ifornia 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  instructed 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  deputies, 
  Mr. 
  Arthur 
  G. 
  

   Fletcher, 
  to 
  proceed 
  to 
  Lake 
  Cuyamaca, 
  near 
  San 
  Diego, 
  Cal., 
  to 
  ascer- 
  

   tain 
  what 
  results, 
  if 
  any, 
  had 
  attended 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  fish 
  by 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1891. 
  The 
  plants 
  then 
  

   made 
  consisted 
  of 
  250 
  spotted 
  catfish, 
  3,980 
  yellow 
  perch, 
  1,990 
  large- 
  

   mouth 
  black 
  bass, 
  285 
  crappie, 
  400 
  rock 
  bass, 
  and 
  400 
  pike. 
  Mr. 
  

   Fletcher 
  visited 
  the 
  lake 
  on 
  January 
  14, 
  1896, 
  and 
  reports 
  as 
  follows 
  

   on 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  his 
  examination 
  : 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  that 
  definite 
  results 
  might 
  be 
  obtained, 
  I 
  took 
  a 
  small 
  seine 
  with 
  mo 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  my 
  rod, 
  and 
  as 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  prosj)eets 
  of 
  obtaining 
  h(lx» 
  to 
  operate 
  the 
  net 
  

   later 
  in 
  the 
  day 
  were 
  not 
  encouraging, 
  I 
  determined 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  trial 
  with 
  that 
  the 
  

   first 
  thing 
  in 
  the 
  morning. 
  Like 
  all 
  mountain 
  lakes 
  in 
  California, 
  this 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  

   full 
  of 
  hidden 
  snags, 
  and 
  although 
  we 
  made 
  but 
  three 
  hauls, 
  nearly 
  the 
  whole 
  day 
  

   was 
  spent 
  in 
  so 
  doing, 
  not 
  without 
  fair 
  success, 
  however. 
  The 
  first 
  haul 
  resulted 
  

   in 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  three 
  pike, 
  two 
  perch, 
  and 
  two 
  large-mouth 
  black 
  bass. 
  We 
  

   secured 
  one 
  more 
  pike 
  the 
  second 
  haul, 
  and 
  failed 
  to 
  get 
  anything 
  but 
  snags 
  the 
  

   last 
  time. 
  

  

  All 
  of 
  these 
  fish 
  were 
  small, 
  running 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  8 
  inches, 
  and 
  all 
  were 
  in 
  splendid 
  

   condition. 
  Had 
  my 
  net 
  permitted 
  of 
  our 
  hauling 
  in 
  deep 
  water, 
  Ave 
  would 
  no 
  doubt 
  

   have 
  secured 
  larger 
  specimens. 
  Later 
  I 
  secured 
  a 
  crappie 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  killed 
  by 
  

   being 
  washed 
  through 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  gates 
  in 
  the 
  dam. 
  All 
  of 
  these 
  specimens 
  have 
  

   been 
  forwarded 
  to 
  the 
  board 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  

  

  lam 
  told 
  that 
  the 
  pike 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  numerous, 
  although 
  not 
  taken 
  by 
  hook 
  as 
  

   often 
  as 
  the 
  crappie. 
  Both 
  of 
  the 
  pike 
  which 
  I 
  forwarded 
  to 
  San 
  Francisco 
  were 
  

   females 
  and 
  had 
  spawn 
  well 
  advanced. 
  The 
  black 
  bass 
  are 
  doiug 
  very 
  well 
  and 
  a 
  

   great 
  many 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  years. 
  The 
  same 
  can 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  

   catfish. 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  skeleton 
  of 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  shore, 
  the 
  same 
  being 
  about 
  

   a 
  foot 
  long. 
  Both 
  the 
  perch 
  and 
  crappie 
  have 
  done 
  splendidly 
  and 
  large 
  numbers 
  

   have 
  been 
  taken, 
  although 
  I 
  gather 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  largo 
  fish. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  

   thus 
  far 
  to 
  learn 
  anything 
  about 
  the 
  rock 
  bass. 
  

  

  The 
  distance 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  from 
  here 
  [Sau 
  Diego], 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  55 
  miles 
  

   being 
  covered 
  by 
  stage, 
  made 
  it 
  imi)Ossiblo 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  thorough 
  investigation 
  at 
  

   this 
  time 
  that 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  made, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  that 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  

   planted 
  — 
  aside 
  from 
  the 
  rock 
  bass, 
  and 
  I 
  hope 
  later 
  information 
  will 
  show 
  other- 
  

   wise 
  — 
  have 
  done 
  unusually 
  well. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  conversation 
  Avith 
  J. 
  E. 
  Friend, 
  of 
  this 
  place, 
  who 
  has 
  but 
  recently 
  returned 
  

   from 
  a 
  fishing 
  excursion 
  to 
  Lake 
  Cuyamaca, 
  where 
  he 
  rouiained 
  with 
  a 
  iiarty 
  of 
  

   campers 
  some 
  six 
  weeks, 
  I 
  learn 
  tliat 
  they 
  took 
  large 
  nuiiiliers 
  of 
  ])erch, 
  three 
  l)lack 
  

   bass 
  of 
  from 
  2^ 
  to 
  3^ 
  pounds, 
  two 
  pike 
  of 
  about 
  2 
  pounds, 
  and 
  several 
  catfish 
  of 
  about 
  

  

  