REPORT OF BOARD OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS. 35 



Rainbow. 



Adult 3,310 



One year old 2,000 



Fry 25,000 



Fry in Klink Lake 50,000 



Fry in Sisson Lake 75,000 



155,310 



Total 219,038 



TAHOE HATCHERIES. 



E. W. Hunt has successfully managed the hatcheries about Lake 

 Tahoe for many seasons. He proceeded to the lake a little earlier than 

 usual this year so as to be in readiness to take as many eggs as could 

 pos.sibly be accommodated at the Tahoe Hatcheries. 



There has been a very large trout that entered some of the tributary 

 streams of Tahoe to spawn. I believe these to be a different variety, 

 if not a different species from the common black-spotted trout {Sahno 

 m. henshawii) of Lake Tahoe. These large fish have never been artifi- 

 cially propagated, owing to the lateness of the season when spawning 

 usually begins. It was my desire to procure a few thousand of these 

 eggs and place the fry hatched from them in different waters to see if 

 they attain the size and peculiar markings after they have come to 

 maturity under different conditions that are attained in their native 

 waters. These fish have been classified as the Salmo tahoensis. 



Mr. Hunt succeeded in getting over half a million of their eggs. Of 

 these 92,922 were shipped to Sisson and hatched, and have since been 

 distributed to various waters. The remaining eggs at the Tahoe Hatch- 

 eries were hatched and distributed to various tributary streams of 

 Lake Tahoe. I am waiting with a great deal of interest the results of 

 the artificial hatching of these large trout and also the effects of trans- 

 planting them to foreign waters. 



Another important feature in connection with the Tahoe work was 

 the exchange of 50,000 rainbow trout eggs to the Verdi Hatcherj^ in 

 return for as many Eastern brook eggs. The Eastern brook eggs were 

 hatched and at the age of eight months were in fine condition and 

 were distributed. The rainbow eggs will be delivered to the Verdi 

 Hatchery next spring. 



After a very busy and successful season the Tahoe Hatchery closed 

 on October 7th and Mr. Hunt, after a short vacation, proceeded to 

 Sisson. The statistical report follows : 



Black-spotted trout eggs taken 3,010.622 



Large lake trout eggs taken 542,701 



Total eggs taken 4,158,383 



Eggs shipped to Sisson and Wawona 585,086 



Loss in eyeing and hatching 482,439 



1,067,525 



Fry planted as per distribution reports : 



From Tallac 1,617,072 



From Tahoe 993,137 



From Glen Alpine 475,649 



3,085,858 



Total 4,1531,383 



