40 REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



SCOTT CREEK STATION. 



During the past two years the Scott Creek Station has produced 

 3,900,000 steelhead trout eggs all of which, as above mentioned, have 

 been sent as soon as taken, to Brookdale Hatchery. 



During the spring of 1920, the same conditions prevailed in this 

 section as in other parts of the state, although there was a little heavier 

 rainfall than in the Snow Mountain section. During most of the 

 season the water levels in Scott Creek were considerably below the 

 normal, and the breeding fish were unable to enter the creek from tne 

 lagoon on account of the sand bars at the mouth of the' stream. From 

 time to time, however, the spring storms were sufficient to raise the 

 waters to levels which permitted some of the fish to pass over the bars 

 and ascend the stream as far as our station. As a result of our efforts 

 1,060,000 eggs were taken. While this number is only about half of our 

 usual take, we feel that in view of the adverse conditions for egg col- 

 lecting operations, we did very well to obtain this number. It insured 

 the adequate stocking of Santa Cruz and Santa Clara county streams, 

 as well as providing a limited number of eggs for Mount Whitney 

 Hatchery. The steelhead fry hatched at the latter station will be dis- 

 tributed in streams of the southern counties from Santa Barbara to 

 San Diego. 



ALMANOR HATCHERY. 

 Almanor Hatchery has been operated each season as an egg collecting 

 station. It produced 261,000 rainbow eggs in 1918, and 282,000 in 1919. 

 The water supply fails too early in the summer to permit the hatching 

 and rearing of fry at the station, and accordingly, the eggs are trans- 

 ferred to Clear Creek or Domingo Springs Hatchery as soon as they 

 are "eyed." 



DOMINGO SPRINGS HATCHERY. 

 This station wa,s establislied as an experimental hatchery in 1916. 

 Improvements were made during 1917, when the temporary plant was 

 moved to Rice Creek, one of the main branches of the North Fork of 

 the Feather River above Lake Almanor. A thorough test of the water 

 and an investigation of the run of fish resulted in the establishment of 

 a permanent egg collecting station and hatchery at this place. Accord- 

 ingly, during the summer and fall of 1919, a permanent building was 

 erected and a substantial trap constructed, one-quarter of a mile below 

 the falls in Rice Creek. The site was procured from the United States 

 Forest Service and we now have a very desirable station at that place 

 which will furnish fry for the entire region surrounding the west side 

 of Lake Almanor, as well as the lakes and streams in the Mount Lassen 

 National Park and surrounding country. 



