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KEPORT OF STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



The golden trout which were brought to us by the members 

 GOLDEN of the Visalia Sportsmen's Club, were placed in one of our 

 TROUT, ponds at the Sisson hatchery, where they thrived until 



attacked, just before the spawning period in 1895, by some 

 disease, which killfed them all. 



The operations at Shovel Creek station, both in 1895 and 1896, 



SHOVEL were almost a failure, because the ladder on the dam in the 



CREEK. Klamath River at Pokegama was washed out by the high 



water. For this reason the take was barely sufficient to enable 

 us to fulfill our agreement with the Fish Commissioner of Nevada to 

 give him 300,000 rainbow-trout spawn in exchange for a like number 

 of eastern brook-trout eggs. 



Summary of Jiainbotv Output from Shovel Creek Spawning Station for Years 1895 and 1896. 



BEAR 



LAKE 

 TAHOE. 



It has not been deemed expedient to operate the Bear Valley 

 hatchery in Marin County during the last two years, for the 

 VALLEY, reason that it was more economical to concentrate our hatch- 

 ery operations at Sisson. 



The amount of cut-throat trout spawn taken at Lake Tahoe has 

 exceeded that taken in any previous two years. The hatch- 

 ery at Tahoe City has been operated to its fullest capacity, 

 all of the eggs, with the exception of those hatched at the 

 new hatchery near Tallac, being eyed there. The water-supply at this 

 station is hardly sufficient for the needs of the work, and with the 

 increased take during the last two years it has been rather a difficult 

 matter to carry on the work with the crowded condition of the boxes. 

 This condition was somewhat relieved by shipping the eggs to the Sis- 

 son hatchery as soon as possible. 



A temporary hatchery was erected by M. Lawrence & Co., 

 TALLAC. proprietors of the Tallac House at Lake Tahoe, on Taylor 

 Creek, in 1895, but the water-supply was not satisfactory. 

 This year a permanent building was placed by them some three miles 

 from the hotel, on a stream which affords a supply adequate to every 

 need. The operation of this hatchery was placed under the control of 



