FORTY-FIRST BIENNIAL REPORT 107 



Shapovalov, Leo 



Fish rescue and stream improvement work in the North Coast Area in 1045. 

 Submitted June 7, 1949. 11 pp., including 6 tables. 



Abstract : In 1945. 2 State fish rescue crews operated 173 man-days from 

 May 8 through October 26 and rescued 842,200 trout and salmon in Del Norte, 

 Mendocino, and Lake Counties. These fish weighed 34,872 ounces and averaged 24.2 

 fish per ounce. They were planted in streams and lakes in Del Norte, Mendocino, 

 Lake, Napa, and Sonoma Counties. On the basis of 1945 Prairie Creek Hatchery 

 costs, the total cost of producing and planting the rescued fish at a hatchery would 

 have been $4,588.74. 



Fish rescue and stream improvement work in the North Coast Area in 1940. 

 Submitted June 10, 1949. 12 pp., including 6 tables. 



Abstract : In 1940, State fish rescue crews operated 206 man-days from May 

 2 through October 3 and rescued 981,544 trout and salmon in Del Norte, Mendocino, 

 and Lake Counties. This is the largest number taken in any season in this area. 

 These fish weighed 38,719 ounces and averaged 24.4 fish per ounce. They were planted 

 in sti-eanis and lakes in Del Norte, Mendocino, Lake, and Sonoma Counties. On the 

 basis of 1946 Prairie Creek Hatchery costs, the total cost of producing and planting 

 the rescued fish at a hatchery would have been $7,326.75. 



Fish rescue and stream improvement work in the North Coast Area in 1948. 

 Submitted April 7, 1950. 14 pp., including 9 tables and appendices. 



Abstract : In 1948, State crews rescued 326,626 trout and salmon and the 

 jNIendocino County crew 108,750, a total of 435,376, in Del Norte, Humboldt, Men- 

 docino, and Lake Counties. The fish were planted in various streams and lakes in 

 these counties. The State crews operated a total of 132 man-days, from May 17 

 through September 29. The combined fish rescues weighed 35,309 ounces and averaged 

 12.3 fish per ounce. On the basis of 1948 Prairie Creek Hatchery costs, the total cost 

 of producing and planting the rescued fish at a hatchery would have been $12,578.70. 

 A limited amount of stream improvement work, mostly of an annual nature, was 

 also done by the Upper Eel River crew. 



Fish rescue and stream improvement work in the North Coast Area in 1947. 

 Submitted April 3, 1950. 15 pp., including 10 tables and appendices. 



Abstract : In 1947, State fish rescue crews operated 206 man-days from May 

 16 through August 2 and rescued 381,700 trout and salmon in Del Norte, Mendocino, 

 and Lake Counties. These fish weighed 12,270 ounces and averaged 31.1 fish per 

 ounce. They were planted in streams and lakes in Del Norte, Mendocino, Lake, and 

 Sonoma Counties. On the basis of 1947 Prairie Creek Hatchery costs, the total cost 

 of producing and planting the rescued fish at a hatchery would have been $2,345.80, 

 A considerable amount of stream improvement work, mostly of an annual nature, 

 was also done by two of the crews. Trout and salmon rescue operations in Napa, 

 Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties are included in the appendices. 



Soule, Scott M. 



Power development in Kings River drainage, Fresno County, California. 

 Report Number 1 : General description. Submitted May 27, 1949. 1 plus 21 pp., 

 including 1 figure. 



Abstract : Describes Kings River drainage, water supply, existing irrigation 

 and power developments, access roads and trails, and recreational development and 

 potentialities. Upstream power development — long delayed because of interference 

 with downstream irrigation rights — is now possible through reregulation of river 

 flow by new Pine Flat Reservoir. Gives a brief account of present development plans 

 proposed by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Fresno Irrigation District, Francis 

 N. Dlouhy, City of Los Angeles, and U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, and describes 

 the fishery threatened thereby. A summary of pertinent correspondence and reference 

 literature together with a table showing partial recreational use is appended. 



Creel census at Hume Lake, Fresno County, May 1, 1949. Submitted May 27, 

 1949. 11 plus 22 pp., including 5 figures and 6 tables. 



Abstract: Gives a brief description of Hume Lake (surface area, 94 acres) 

 and its past fishery, including 1940 and 1947 poisonings and summary of stocking 

 since 1940. Out of 914 anglers checked out between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. on only road 

 leaving lake, completed records were obtained for 886, who caught 4,939 trout, 4,931 

 rainbow and 8 brown, for an average of 5.46 trout per fisherman-day or an average 

 of 0.75 trout per fisherman-hour. The rainbow trout averaged Si inches fork length. 

 10.7 percent of all anglers made limit catches (15 trout) ; 17.4 percent made licro 



