46 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



later than usual. Our efforts at this late date to capture black bass 

 with hook and line were not successful, because, while we were able to 

 get many large fish, they would not bear transportation so well as fish 

 ranging in size from four to eight inches. The smaller fish had left the 

 shallow water and shoals to pass the winter in deeper water. We were 

 enabled, however, tofill a number of applications and stock some large 

 bodies of water; one in particular in Amador County, where they have 

 increased wonderfully. In fact, the good work done in previous years 

 has resulted in such great development that we believe we are justified 

 in asking the Legislature to grant at least six weeks additional open 

 season, making it lawful to take these fish beginning May 15th instead 

 of July 1st. 



In all the sloughs, lagoons, and lakes in San Joaquin and Sacramento 

 counties these fish are found in great abundance. The high water dur- 

 ing the past winter left many of them landlocked. All such would 

 have perished when the water receded; but, through the intelligent and 

 untiring efforts of George Neale, Game Warden of Sacramento County, 

 who gave us valuable assistance, we have been able to collect, at very 

 little expense, a large number of them, which we caused to be trans- 

 ported to suitable waters in Tulare, Madera, Solano, San Joaquin, 

 Monterey, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties. One large 

 plant of 300 adult fish has just been placed in Crane Valley Lake, in 

 Madera County, the headwaters of the San Joaquin River, without the 

 loss of a single fish. During this fall we expect to collect many more 

 from the waters around Sacramento, to fill applications now on file. 



As a courtesy to the State of Nevada, and in recognition of their 

 kindness in granting us permission to take Rainbow spawn in the 

 Truckee River in that State, we made a large shipment of these fish 

 into Nevada, some of which were planted in the reservoir furnishing the 

 water supply for the State University. A plant was also made in 

 Wheeler's Lake, a large body of water in Washoe County that contains 

 many carp; it is eminently adapted to bass, but would not support 

 trout life. Still another plant was made in the lower reaches of the 

 Humboldt River, where carp and catfish are found in large numbers, 

 but being far below the range of trout. We confidently believe that in 

 two years the people of the State of Nevada will find that they have an 

 additional food supply in the shape of a fish that can not be excelled for 

 table or gamy qualities. 



We have declined many applications for black bass, and have fur- 

 nished the reasons to the applicants why it was inadvisable to plant 

 black bass in trout waters. The experience of the United States Fish 

 Commission fully bears out our judgment in this matter. Trout and 

 black bass are two of the highest grade of sporting fishes. Each is jeal- 

 ous of the other, and therefore antagonistic. Placed in the same body of 



