REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 27 



is 110 place on either sliore of the lake where a seine could be hauled 



or the fish trapped. 



[Under date of September 26, 1891.] 



In pursuance to orders, I started for Carson to see Fish Commissioner 

 Mills, of Nevada. I had a conversation with him about taking Eastern 

 Brook trout spawn from Marlette Lake. He says that we could have 

 one half of the spaAvn if the Commission would pay half of the expenses, 

 and send one man to assist in obtaining it. He does not think it advis- 

 able to ship the green spawn to the Tahoe Hatchery, as we would take 

 too many chances of losing it after the long trip it would have from the 

 lake to Carson. He stated that it would be better to eye them at the 

 Nevada Hatchery in Carson. This will take from forty to fifty days. 

 By that time we can readily ship them to the Bear Valley Hatchery 

 without injury. The Carson Hatchery has six troughs and twenty 

 baskets, enough to eye 1,000,000 spawn. 



[I'nder date of September 30, 1891.J 



I have been making inquiries about the land-locked salmon planted 

 ill Donner and Independence Lakes. There have been two or three 

 caught in Independence Lake during the spring and summer, weighing 

 from 1^ to 3 pounds. The professional fishermen on the lake do not 

 think that they hybridize. They are decreasing instead of increasing. 

 None have ever been caught in Donner Lake that I can hear of. I have 

 also made inquiries about the Eastern white fish in the Little Truckee 

 River. No one seems to know anything about them. They say that 

 some have been planted in the Truckee River, Prosser Creek, and Lake 

 Tahoe. A great many of the fishermen say that the white fish caught 

 in these waters are natives, and not the Eastern white fish. I did not 

 know that they could distinguish the difference. These fish have been 

 caught from small fry up to 2 pounds in weight in the Truckee River 

 and in Lake Tahoe. * * * 



They are catching Rainbow trout in the Truckee River, and all of the 

 anglers say that these fish are the best and most game in the river. 



[Under date of August 1, 1892.] 



I would respectfully suggest to your honorable Board the necessity of 

 building a cabin near the Bear Valley Hatchery before beginning work 

 this fall. We lose from an hour to an hour and a half each day in 

 coming from town to our work. The time thus lost is precious, for early 

 in the morning and evening is the time young fish most like to feed. 

 Another reason why the person in charge of the hatchery should live 

 close to it, is the danger of an accident happening to the water supply. 

 If anything should happen to the water the labor and expense of months 

 may be lost in a very short space of time. I would also recommend 

 that the hatchery be completed by putting in eight more hatching 

 troughs before more spawn is put into the building. We are now in the 

 middle of the dry season, and the water is as low as it will be. There 

 is an ample supply of water to run this hatchery to the full capacity. 



