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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OP FISH AND FISHERIES. 



fall with comparatively light losses. Arrangements were made during 

 the summer for the collection of eggs at all of the points heretofore 

 operated, and at a number of private ponds and lakes. The first eggs 

 were obtained October 7 from brood-fish at the station, and collections 

 continuea coming in until late in December. 



The following table shows the number collected at the various points, 

 spawning period of the fish, number of eggs lost and fry hatched: 



Station 



Uneva Lake 



Smith Lake 



Eiilgway Lake.. . 

 Wellington Lake 

 Yonnga Lake, . . .. 



Decker Lake 



Musgrove Lake.. 

 Derry Lake 



c • -1 Eggs col- 



Spawning period. ,»s 



Oct. 7 to Dec. 17 

 Oct. 30 Nov. 21 



Oct. 28 

 Oct. 26 

 Oct. 29 

 Oct. 22 

 Not. 3 

 Oct. 21 

 Nov. 7 



Dec. 5 

 Dec. 13 

 Dec. 1 



Nov. 26 

 Nov. 27 

 Nov. 29 

 Nov. 16 



292, 100 



76, 000 



138, 000 



484, 7110 



842, 200 



109, 900 



, 328, 000 



349, 900 



36, 000 



Eggs lost. 



48, 600 



6,650 



37, 750 



119, 200 



241, 900 



42, 900 



696, 720 



126, 450 



1,400 



Total 1 3,656,800 i 1,321,570 



Fry 

 hatched. 



02, 300 



69, 350 

 100, 250 

 360, 100 

 49U, 300 



07, 000 

 533, 280 

 122, 950 



34, 600 



1, 849, 130 



Of the total collections, amounting to 3,656,800, 485,600 were trans- 

 ferred to other stations of the Comiiiission and to private applicants. 

 On May 1 there remained at the station 778,790 brook-trout fry belong- 

 ing to the Commission, and 1,016,340 belonging to private parties. As 

 Congress had made a special appropriation to be used in repairing and 

 remodeling the station, it was necessary to distribute all of these fish 

 before the close of the fiscal year; 200,000 were shipped by car No. 2 

 to the Bozeman station, and the balance given to applicants in Colorado, 

 South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Utah, Washington, Orego)), and 

 Idaho. The fry owned by private parties were turned over to them. 



Steps were taken early in the spring to again undertake the collection 

 of black spotted trout eggs at Freeman Lake, and also at the Grand 

 Mesa Lakes. Only 18,500 were secured at the former point, but the 

 take at the Grand Mesa Lakes amounted to 1,727,000. By June 30 

 143,000 had been transferred to the station, and 1,584,000 were in 

 troughs at the lakes waiting for the eye-spots to develop. The results 

 were exceedingly gratifying, as all efforts in past years to find a good 

 collecting field for black-spotted trout eggs had proved fruitless. 



In April and May 66,900 rainbow-trout eggs were coUected at Lake 

 Loveland and Twin Lakes. The loss"* on the Lake Loveland eggs dur- 

 ing incubation was very heavy, amounting to over 54 per cent of the 

 take. This was attributed to the freezing of the eggs in the pan just 

 after they were taken. Quite a number of young trout were seen in the 

 lake, and it is believed that much larger collections can be secured there 

 next season. 



In addition to eggs already mentioned, 25,000 rainbow-trout eggs were 

 received from the California Fish Commission station at Sisson, Cal., 

 10,000 of them being reshipped to Neosho. 



The stock of Loch Leven trout at this station has died out, the only 



