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should be made a felony. Inr-alciilable damage may be done at any 

 time by the owners of private fish farms and others who do not know 

 anything about the habits of the; fish they are handling, and eare less, 

 if they can but make a few dollars profit. We hope that the black bass 

 will not thrive in Bear Lake, as there is every prospect that tliere will 

 be good trout fishing in the lake if the limits and other laws are obs<'i'v<'(l 

 and tlie hike kept well stocked with trout fry each sea.sou. 



NORTH CREEK EGG COLLECTING STATION. 



This station has been operated during the last two seasons as formerly. 

 The run of trout during 1920-1921 in North Creek averaged about the 

 same as during the two former .seasons. There were ■l,00l),00() trout eggs 

 collected during the two seasons covered by this report. 1,150,000 eggs 

 were hatched and the resulting fry distributed as soon as they wt^-c 

 swimming up welh which is the l)etter way to plant fry in a lake such 

 as Bear Lake where the water is shallow alcn!i' the shores and whin-f 

 the large trout do not feed. There is an abundance of insects in Bear 

 Lake so that the trout do not want for natural food. Tlie fact that Bear 

 Lake still affords good fishing for the anglers who visit it eacli season, 

 is proof that this system of planting: in Bear Lake is producinir g.iod 

 results, as there are no natural spawning streams flowing into the lake 

 in which the trout can spawn. The traps and tanks at North Creek 

 Station were damaged by the fiood water that came down the creek dur- 

 ing December. 1921. as were all the traps at our efrg-collectinfr stations 

 on Bear Lake. These were temporarily repaired for the operations 

 during the spring of 1922. Permanent traps with concrete foundations 

 should be built as soon as the funds are available for this work. It will 

 be more economical in the end than to be repairing damages caused by 

 high water on traps that are not built on firm foundations. 



METCALF CREEK TRAP. 



This small station is an auxiliary of the North Creek Egg-C(»lle;-tiiig 

 Statirn. The same conditions prevailed at this place as ai-e described 

 for the North Creek Station. The ti'ap was wa.shed out dui-ing 

 December, 1921, and temporary repairs made. This trap should have 

 a concrete foundation and a different type of trap instaHed. 



GROUT CREEK TRAP. 

 Likewise, the trap located on r4rout Creek, one of the streams Mowing 

 into Bear Lake was washed out by the flood of December, 1!I21. and car- 

 ried a quarter of a mile down the stream and deposited on the sand 

 covered flat and there it was left when the Hood waters reeedetl. Tins 

 trap was not used this season as the expense was too great to repair if 

 or to build a new one. 



WAWONA HATCHERY. 

 This hatchei-v has been operated during the last two seasons, with L'ood 

 results. During the fall of 1920, the troughs, foundalions and tank, 

 were renewed and repaired where it was found necessary. A bridge was 

 constructed over the Merced River opposite the hatchery so that sup- 

 plies could be delivered to the liatchery and the fish cans takf n across 



