30 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



may be expected in all waters stocked. We placed the bass in the Sac- 

 ramento River, in Tulare and Clear lakes and their tributaries, believing 

 that they will thrive in those waters on the carp and suckers found there 

 in large numbers. We have also stocked several ponds and lakes in 

 various parts of the State with these varieties, reserving the right to take 

 fish from them at any time for stocking purposes. We have also placed 

 a number of fish in one of the ponds at Sisson, where we intend holding 

 them for breeding purposes. 



For the purpose of distribution during the two seasons 



SMALL-MOUTH last passed we have drawn upon the supply of small- 



BLACK BASS. mouth black bass in the lake of the Benicia Water 



Company, in conformity with the contract made when 

 this lake was stocked. Through the courtesy of Mr. James L. Flood we 

 have also been permitted to take this variety of bass from his lake. The 

 largest distribution of black bass ever made in this State was made dur- 

 ing the season of 1895. The chief source of supply was Russian River, 

 where the fry was taken in large numbers. Unfavorable conditions this 

 year made it impossible to take any fry from this stream. 



We received 100,000 Mackinaw {Salvelinus namaycush) 

 IMPORTATIONS, from the U. S. Fish Commission station at North- 



ville, Mich., and 10,000 landlocked salmon [Salmo solar 

 sehago) from Greenlake, Me., in 1895. In exchange for a like num- 

 ber of German brown trout {Salvio fario) eggs, we sent Mr. J. 

 Annin, Jr., of Caledonia, N. Y., 25,000 cut-throat spawn in 1895. We 

 also purchased 100,000 eggs of this variety from him; and, with the 

 10,000 received from Hoopa Valley, through the courtesy of the U. S. 

 Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, a total of 135,000 were hatched at 

 Sisson. 



Our request for a carload of large-mouth black bass was granted by 

 the U. S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, and in June, 1895, 

 Car No. 3 reached here with 2,600 fingerlings. The expense of trans- 

 porting this car from Ogden Avas jointly borne by the Spring Valley 

 Water Company and your Commission, with the understanding that 

 one half the bass should be placed in their ladies. These bass arrived in 

 splendid condition, and were distributed as follows: 



Lake Merced -. 300- 



Crystal Springs Lake ^ 1,000 



Buena Vista Lake, Kern County-... 50 



'Gay Pond, San Diego County 50 



Elsinore Lake, Riverside County 50 



Sisson Lalce, for breeders 1,200 



Total 1.- - - 2,650 



Besides the bass, the car contained several other varieties of fish, 

 which were distributed as follows: Elsinore Lake, 18 sunfish {Lepomis 

 cyanellus); Balsa Chico River, Orange County, 18 sunfish (same 



