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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  U 
  pounds. 
  They 
  did 
  uut 
  take 
  auy 
  rock 
  bass, 
  uor 
  am 
  I 
  able 
  to 
  learu 
  that 
  any 
  have 
  

   been 
  taken. 
  

  

  Jam 
  told 
  that 
  fish 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  Lake 
  Cnyamaca 
  and 
  plared 
  in 
  Sweetwater 
  

   Dam, 
  of 
  this 
  county, 
  and 
  I 
  shall 
  try 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  particulars 
  and 
  results. 
  

  

  Later, 
  the 
  California 
  commission 
  transferred 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  adult 
  fisli 
  

   from 
  Lake 
  Cuyamaca 
  to 
  other 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  bass 
  

   being- 
  fine 
  specimens 
  weighing 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  5 
  pounds. 
  The 
  distribution 
  

   from 
  this 
  lake 
  consisted 
  of 
  541 
  large-mouth 
  black 
  bass 
  {Mlcroiyterus 
  

   salmoides), 
  454 
  yellow 
  perch 
  {Perca 
  fiavescens), 
  11(5 
  sunfish 
  {Lepomis 
  

   cyanellns), 
  27 
  pickerel 
  {Lucius 
  vcrmiculattts), 
  and 
  253 
  shiners 
  [Ahramis 
  

   crysolencas). 
  The 
  last-named 
  species 
  has 
  apparently 
  been 
  accidentally 
  

   introduced, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  the 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  plants. 
  

  

  Crappies. 
  — 
  Both 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  excellent 
  food 
  and 
  game 
  fish 
  have 
  

   been 
  very 
  successfully 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  Potomac 
  Eiver, 
  as 
  the 
  

   result 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  lot 
  supplied 
  by 
  this 
  Commission. 
  In 
  March, 
  1894, 
  

   Mr. 
  Joseph 
  H. 
  Hunter, 
  of 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  was 
  assigned 
  02 
  craj)- 
  

   pies 
  from 
  Quincy, 
  111., 
  which 
  he 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  Wide 
  Water 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chesapeake 
  and 
  Ohio 
  Canal 
  about 
  14 
  miles 
  above 
  Washington, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Potomac 
  Eiver 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  and 
  in 
  Black 
  Pond, 
  Virginia, 
  which 
  

   is 
  about 
  20 
  feet 
  above 
  low-water 
  mark 
  in 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  known 
  result 
  of 
  this 
  i)lant 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  fish 
  taken 
  on 
  a 
  line 
  in 
  

   the 
  spring 
  of 
  1800 
  at 
  Four-Mile 
  Run, 
  A'irginia, 
  an 
  arm 
  of 
  the 
  Potomac 
  

   River 
  between 
  Washington 
  and 
  Alexandria. 
  Since 
  then 
  the 
  fish 
  has 
  

   been 
  taken 
  in 
  comparatively 
  large 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Washing- 
  

   ton 
  and 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  the 
  Potomac 
  basin. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  

   caught 
  by 
  anglers 
  and 
  some 
  have 
  been 
  secured 
  with 
  collecting 
  seines 
  

   by 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  

  

  These 
  fish 
  are 
  abundant 
  in 
  Little 
  River, 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Potomac 
  

   River 
  separating 
  Analostan 
  Island 
  from 
  the 
  mainland 
  of 
  Virginia; 
  as 
  

   many 
  as 
  30 
  crappies, 
  weighing 
  from 
  A 
  to 
  1^ 
  pounds, 
  were 
  taken 
  there 
  

   by 
  nn 
  angler 
  one 
  day 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1890, 
  and 
  or 
  8 
  specimens 
  have 
  

   been 
  obtained 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  haul 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  collecting 
  seine. 
  In 
  the 
  

   Potomac, 
  near 
  the 
  Seven 
  Locks, 
  05 
  crappies, 
  weighing 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  

   pound 
  each, 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  two 
  anglers 
  during 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  one 
  afternoon 
  

   in 
  1890; 
  the 
  fish 
  bit 
  at 
  both 
  live 
  and 
  dead 
  minnows 
  with 
  great 
  avidity. 
  

   The 
  lower 
  jiart 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  contains 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  fish, 
  and 
  

   some 
  have 
  been 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  canal 
  above 
  Harpers 
  Ferry. 
  

  

  In 
  Black 
  Pond 
  crappies 
  are 
  very 
  common. 
  Mr. 
  Hunter 
  has 
  watched 
  

   their 
  multiplication, 
  and 
  states 
  that 
  now 
  (1800) 
  thousands 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  

   in 
  the 
  shallow 
  waters, 
  and 
  that 
  one 
  day 
  in 
  July, 
  1800, 
  he 
  took 
  14 
  crap- 
  

   pies 
  with 
  a 
  fiy 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time. 
  In 
  Cat 
  Pond, 
  Maryland, 
  14 
  miles 
  above 
  

   Georgetown, 
  crappies 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  large 
  quantities. 
  This 
  pond 
  

   is 
  about 
  100 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  Potomac 
  and 
  connects 
  with 
  the 
  

   river 
  at 
  high 
  water. 
  In 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1800, 
  two 
  gunny 
  sacks 
  full 
  of 
  large 
  

   crappies 
  were 
  reported 
  taken 
  there 
  with 
  a 
  seine 
  by 
  some 
  fishermen. 
  

   Several 
  weeks 
  later 
  fifty, 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  inches 
  long, 
  were 
  seined 
  by 
  an 
  agent 
  of 
  

   the 
  Commission. 
  

  

  