REPORT OF THK FISFI AND fiAMR COMMISSION. 



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During the two years 850,000 rainbow and steel head trout fry were 

 distributed in the streams and hikes in this district from Domingo 

 Springs Hatchery. A total of 2,200,000 rainbow trout eggs was col- 

 lected at this station during the two seasons. 



Each season a consignment of steelliead trout eggs is shipped to 

 Domingo Springs Hatchery and the resulting fry are planted in the 

 high Sierran lakes of that region which are suitable for this variety. 

 The steelliead trout have thrived remarkably well in the lakes of this 

 section and afford some of the finest fishing in the state. 



i'lG. in. K>rins liiiuse ;iik1 tank at Canyon Dani, Lake Almanor, Plumas County, 

 April, 1919. Spawning operations must be begun under such conditions as these. 

 Photograph by S. Campbell. 



CLEAR CREEK HATCHERY. 

 The Clear Creek Hatchery and Egg-collecting Station was established 

 in the fall of 1918, on the creek that bears its name, one and one-half 

 miles from the town of Westwood, Lassen County. Clear Creek is a 

 tributary of the Hamilton Branch of the Feather River. Before the. 

 construction of the dam forming Lake Almanor, it flowed into the val- 

 ley known as Big ]\Ieadows, and united its waters with those of the 

 North Fork of the Feather River, which entered the Big ]\Ieadows 

 i»asin from the north. Hamilton Branch flows into the basin from the 

 east. The Hamilton Branch has a run of rainbow trout that ascend 

 the stream to spawn from Lake Almanor. Clear Creek being one of the 

 principal tributaries of the Hamilton Branch a good portion of the 

 spawners enter this creek. The distance from the Clear Creek Station 

 to the Domingo Springs Station is approximately twenty miles. Clear 

 Creek has its source in a large spring and the w-ater is pure and cold as 

 all the waters are that rise in a lava formation. 



