REPORT OK STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



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New London fisherman brought in four hundred and nineteen bass, one 

 hundred and eighty-five of which had horn caught with a hook in three 

 hours, near Norfolk, Virginia. One thousand live hundred have been 

 taken with a single set of the seine. A few years ago, it is said on 

 credible authority that six hundred were once taken, the average 

 weight of each being eighty pounds. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FISH BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE FISH 



COMMISSION. 



DISTRIBUTION OF TAHOE TROUT. 

 Distributed in September and October, 1888. 



Localities and Remarks. 



Squaw Creek . 



Lake Tahoe, at various points 



Donner Lake 



Dinkley and Buena Vista Creeks, Fresno County 



South Fork of American River ._ 



Taylor Creek 



Truckee River 



South Yuba River 



Shaler's Creek 



Richardson's Creek 



Barker's Creek and Lake 



Gilmore's Lake 



Watson's Lake 



Total Tahoe trout (as reported by Mr. J. C. Frazier, October 27, 1888) 



Number of 

 Fish. 



20,000 



245,000 



100,000 



30,000 



20,000 



25,000 



105,000 



35,000 



7,000 



7,000 



5,000 



1,500 



500 



601,000 



DISTRIBUTION OF SALMON. 



From Sisson Hatchery, for the Season of 1888-89. 

 Early Fall Run. 



