26 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



[Under date of June 13, 1892.] 



I returned to Beswick to take charge of the work of securing ova dur- 

 ing the remainder of the spawning season. I found that the spawn 

 fish were not running any better than they were in March, when I left 

 to commence distributing the fish from the Bear Valley Hatchery. Mr. 

 Richardson had 29,600 eggs in the building, and 221 large fish — 106 

 females and 115 males. He had thein shut up in an impounding weir 

 in the creek. I manipulated them and found that they were unripe, 

 and would not mature for quite awhile. I changed them to a larger 

 reservoir near the hatchery, where they would have more room and less 

 chance to injure themselves in their efforts to escape. These fish were 

 smaller, and in appearance different from those that we took last year. 

 Those taken last year in the traps were ripe, or nearly so, and we did 

 not have any difficulty in securing all the sj^awn that we wanted. From 

 June 14th to July 1st we caught 388 fish — 271 females and 117 males. 

 There were more fish caught with rod and line, and put into this new 

 reservoir, than we took with our trap. The number of fish caught and 

 put in this pond during the interval from June 14th to July 1st was at 

 least .500. With those Mr. Richardson had when I came, and those we 

 caught in the trap, made a total of over 1,100. We manipulated these 

 fish every few days, and only secured 53,600 ova. 



The last time that we stripped the fish we took about 5,000 eggs. The 

 females were healthy and in good condition, but the males were diseased 

 and nearly spent. I did not count this lot of ova at all. The appearance 

 and general condition of the fish this season showed plainly that they 

 inhabited the river above the dam, and did not belong to the great run 

 of fish that come from the ocean and the lower waters of the river dur- 

 ing the spawning season. The fish ladder over the dam at Pokegama 

 is too small for a river of the size of the Klamath. 



REPORT OF E. W. HUNT. 



[Under date of September 9, 1891.] 



I left San Francisco for Independence Lake, where I was to accept the 

 young trout hatched by Messrs. Stevens & McKenney for the Commis- 

 sion under contract. I arrived at the lake on the 10th at 2 p. m., met 

 Messrs. Stevens & McKenney, and went to their camp at the head of the 

 lake where their hatchery is situated; saw the young fish, which appar- 

 ently looked in good condition and ready for distribution. Their 

 hatcher}^ is very nicely arranged under the circumstances. * * * 



The water is supplied by several springs, and the average tempera- 

 ture while hatching was 48°, the coldest being 44° and the warmest 

 52°. They took about forty days to hatch. They took about 83,000 

 Idependence Lake spawn and 16,000 White Rock Lake spawn. The 

 loss of the Independence was about 10 per cent and the White Rock 

 about 5 per cent. The color of the White Rock spawn is a cherry red, 

 about one quarter smaller than the Independence. The color of the 

 Independence is lemon, and about the same size as the Tahoe and Don- 



ner spawn. 



[Under date of September 12, 1891.] 



I left Webber for the Fordyce Dam Avith Captain Burton, over the new 

 road which has been completed at the head of the lake. We went to 

 ascertain if it was possible to take spawn there. * * * There 



