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growth SO far. They are growing so fast that plants will have to be 

 made very soon, to make room. With two ponds completed at this 

 time, if the Commission wishes to hold a hirgor number of fish at this 

 station, additional ponds will have to be constructed. This is the most 

 important change to be made, but some work should be done on the 

 dam at the head of the diversion ditch from which we take our water 

 supply to insure us of an unfailing water supply. 



CLEAR CREEK AND DOMINGO SPRINGS HATCHERIES AND EGG- 

 COLLECTING STATIONS 



At Clear Creek Hatchery a live pen and supply flume, size 12 inches 

 by 18 inches, and 'AHQ feet in length, was constructed during October of 

 1929. Repairs were also made to tlie sui)i)ly dam. Forty new hatching 

 troughs were constructed at Domingo Springs station during May of 

 1929, in order to handle an additional million Rainbow trout. These 

 ti'onghs are covered by a tent. A new rack and traji was constructed 

 (luring August of 1929, but replacement of this work was necessary 

 during December of that year due to a heavy flood. A new live pen 

 at lea.st 40 feet by 8 feet by 7 feet in size should be constructed at this 

 station. The present live pen is too small to accommodate the number 

 of fish caught and is in very poor condition. Construction of a new 

 flume 12 inches by 16 inches and 260 feet in length will be necessary 

 for- the live pen and hatching house supply. 



BUCKS RESERVOIR EGG-COLLECTING STATION 



It is recommended that a new trap be constructed in each of the 

 three creeks flowing into Bucks Reservoir. This reservoir will |)roduce 

 a million to a million and a half Loch Leven eggs per year. If plant- 

 ings of Ea.stei-n Brook trout ( ouh! be made in this lake, we believe that 

 a run large enough to produce a million eggs could be developed if 

 this reservoir could be closed. Fish planting has been carried on suc- 

 cessfully during the past two years, and 575,000 eggs were collected 

 during the past season. 



YELLOW CREEK 



A great man.y small Loch Leven, measuring about 3 to 4 inches in 

 size, are being taken by fishermen in the headwaters of Yellow Creek 

 this season. These fish are no doubt the last year's Loch Leven which 

 were planted there, and we believe it would be advisable that the 

 portion of Yellow Creek lying directly opposite the Longville Hotel 

 and for a distance of two miles downstream be closed to fi.shing. This 

 part of the creek is one of the most accessible places to make the Loch 

 Leven plants on this stream and we believe it Avould be of considerable 

 benefit if it was closed to fishing to allow the young of these fish a 

 chance to develop. 



WARNER CREEK EGG-COLLECTING STATION 



This station continues to give the regular quota of eggs each season. 

 Considerable repairs and improvements have been made during the last 

 two years, particularly in the fall of 1929, when a holding tank was 

 built and new traps constructed, racks and flumes repaired. This 

 station is situated at the mouth of Warner Creek, a tributary of the 



