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FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



range of the spawning season. This will enable us to determine the 

 right season to take them. A record of overfloAved lands, fed from 

 waters that contain edible fish, is kept. Also a record of all fish from 

 each body of water, where and when taken, their disposition, and the 

 name of the owner or lessee of such lands. 



In addition to the rescue work, 1556 small-mouth black bass fry and 

 eight adult bass were secured from the Salt Spring Reservoir, Cala- 

 veras County, and planted in the Citrus Grove pond near Oroville, as 

 a propagating pond for that species of bass. 



The one rescue of most importance to the sportsman angler was the 

 rescue from Concow Creek, Butte County, below the dam, of 500 adult 

 rainbow trout of four pounds each, 100 of three pounds, 1400 of two 

 pounds and 435 yearlings, making a total of 2435 trout, weighing 

 approximately 5208 pounds. This was accomplished with the assist- 



FiG. 15. Rescue work below the Soncow Dam. Some of the 41 tons of rainbow 



trout. February 27-March 2, 1929. 



ance of the local deputy, A. J. Stanley, fourteen volunteers from Oro- 

 ville and Chico, and the rescue force from Sacramento. The bureau 

 was aided by several market fishermen, who gave valuable assistance by 

 the use of their large nets, boats and crews and in return were permit- 

 ted to keep the rough fish, pike and hardheads, as there is very little or 

 no demand for them except by the Chinese. These men, together with 

 volunteer sportsmen, were the means of saving 141,313 game fishes, 

 nearly all of which were adults or breeders. 



I trust that it is in order to thank all those farmers who allowed us 

 the freedom of their lands, and those who notified us of the necessity 

 of saving many fish. Also, thanks are due the head of the Bureau of 

 Fish Culture for making it possible for such wide distribution and 

 prompt delivery by our distributing car and the skillful handling of 

 the fish. Also to the many deputies who have given fine cooperation, 

 both in assistance and by correspondence. 



