THIRTY-FIRST BIENNIAL REPORT 61 



Bear Lake did not show very favorable results in egg-collecting work 

 this year, due to the very poor spawning conditions. A total of 505,000 

 eggs were taken, but most of the eggs taken were from young fish — ^very 

 few of the old spawners being caught. To fill up the allotments for the 

 whole southern district, eggs were shipped from the northern part of 

 the state. 



ARROWHEAD LAKE EGG-COLLECTING STATION 



The first of this year (lO.'^O) an agreement was made with the Arrow- 

 head Lake Company regarding the taking of Rainbow eggs at Arrow- 

 head Lake with a 50 per cent return to Arrowhead Lake for stocking. 

 One million two hundred ninety-six thousand eggs were taken this first 

 year, and under poo^ spawning conditions. ^Nluch better results can 

 be had in a normal spawning year. This lias opened a new egg-collect- 

 ing station in this district. 



SANTA ANA STATION 



The moving of the Santa Ana station from Forsee Creek to the new 

 location at the mouth of Barton Creek on the Santa Ana River is a 

 marked improvement in this district. There is a large supply of water 

 at the new location and the fi.sh placed in this station this season are 

 showing a very good growth. The fish planted from the Santa Ana 

 station the last two years have shown good results and the fishing con- 

 ditions in the Santa Ana watershed are much improved. 



RINCON PONDS 



These ponds are located on the North Fork of the San Gabriel River 

 and consist of four ponds 10 feet by 50 feet by 6 feet in depth, and one 

 pond 44 feet by 18 feet by 6 feet deep. On the completion of the ponds 

 the trout, to the number of 160,790, three to five inches in length, were 

 transferred from the San Gabriel station and placed in the ponds after 

 being segregated into three sizes to prevent cannibalism. These fish 

 were placed in the ponds in excellent condition on March 5th. On 

 March 20th a road construction crew fired some heavy bla.sts in close 

 proximity to the ponds and caused a crevice to open in the faulty 

 ground in the bottom of the dam that diverts the water into the supply 

 pipe and, despite all the efforts of the road crew and hatchery men, 

 they were unable to close it in time to prevent the fish from becoming 

 exhausted from lack of fresh water. Efforts were made to aerate the 

 water but after a few hours this was given up and the fish released into 

 the river. Several hundred were caught up after the dam was repaired 

 and placed in the pond, where they are making a rapid growth. 



There is twice the amount of water at this station as there is at the 

 San Gabriel station. San Gabriel station should be moved to the new 

 location in the near future. Also, there is a cabin at the lower end of 

 the ponds and the owner is planning to build a new house west of this. 

 These places are on government leases and if this cabin can be pur- 

 chased this should be done, giving us a house for the helper at the pond 

 station. These are the most important improvements at the Rincon 

 station that are recommended at this time. 



