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FISn AND OAME COMMTSSIOX 



NORTH CREEK EGG-COLLECTING STATION AND HATCHERY 



(Iwiiiiip to low wjiftT ill \nrtli ('ncl< .-md '_'cnri-;il low wnlcr in Tioar 

 Laki' t ril)iif arios, it was imt jicccssarv to (ppcr.itc this stalidii dnfiii!,' tho 

 last two seasons. We liavf planm-d to have the station n-pjiircd jind 

 pnt in order so that when condit icms ate nioi-c t'avorahh' the station can 

 be oporated the same as it has heen lor the thirteen years i)rior to 1928. 



SAN GABRIEL STATION 



This station was estal)lished in .June of 11)28. Ten tanks were bnilt 

 and a nnniher of hatehinj; trouirhs erected for use at this tank station. 

 The rt^nlts obtained were very j^ood, 210, 000 Kainbow trout beintr held 

 in the tanks until the sjirinp: of 11)20. when they were lil)erated in the 

 Xorth Fork of the San Gabriel Kiver. They were from three to five 

 inches in length and did not scatter ver\- well. The majority of th'"m 



Fig. 19. Up and over. A steelhead trout jumping the fishway at Snow Mountain 

 Dam on the South Eel River. Photo by B. S. Cheney, February, 1930. 



remained in the creek within a distance of approximately three miles 

 of the hatchery. During 1929 715,000 were held in the tanks and 

 some were distributed in the tributaries of the San Gabriel; 160,000 

 were held until March 5, 1930, when they were placed in the New 

 Rincon Pond system where they were held for a short time until the 

 water was shut off by the damage to the diverting dam caused by heavy 

 blasting, and all but 1900 fish were released into the river. 



SNOW CREEK HATCHERY 



The Snow Creek Hatchery was completed in May of this year and 

 400,000 Rainbow trout placed in this station are showing a very good 



