32 REPORT OP THE FISH AND GAME COMJMISSlOX. 



coinniencinti- to \n-v;\k up and it was several days before the fish began 

 to run into the creeks to spawn. In the meantime, the crew had ample 

 opportunity to install the racks, traps and holding pens. 



The run of fish was very heavy but being of small size they pro- 

 duced only an average of 250 eggs each. Approximately 500,000 eggs 

 Avere taken, al)out what we expected to obtain. The eggs were brought 

 down to the Mount Whitney Hatchery immediately after being taken. 



LAKE TAHOE HATCHERY. 



The Tahoe Hatcherj'^, located on tlie shores of Lake Tahoe, one mile 

 from the town of Tahoe, was established in 1889. The water supply is 

 furnished from springs rising on the land used as a hatchery site. 

 Thirteen acres were purchased at the time the hatchery was constructed, 

 so as to secure all the available water to be had near the site. The 

 water is pure and very good for the purpose of rearing fish, but the 

 supply, ten miners inches, is not sufficient for a hatchery of the size 

 necessary to supply the Tahoe basin outside of the territory supplied 

 from the Mount Tallac Hatchery. 



During the fall of 1917, this Department began a survey of all the 

 available and suitable streams flowing into Lake Tahoe and after a 

 careful examination we selected the Walker Springs, one mile north 

 from the present site, on the state highway. The Walker Springs run 

 during the minimum flow is 30 inches of water and during the maxi- 

 mum flow is a couple of hundred inches, and this during the season of 

 greatest hatchery activity. Therefore the state has secured a most 

 desirable site to carry on hatchery work. It is the only suitable water 

 for hatchery purposes in the Tahoe basin proper. The streams that 

 have their sources in the mountain range surrounding Lake Tahoe carry 

 too much detritus and are too roily during the time the snow is melting. 

 After purchasing the property, plans were made by the state architect 

 for a modern stone hatchery with four times the capacity of the old 

 hatchery. The contract was given to Mr. Matt Green during the sum- 

 mer of 1919. Work was begun on the new hatchery that fall and will 

 be completed this summer (1920) . At the request of Governor Stephens 

 and the citizens of Placer County, the old hatchery grounds were 

 converted into a public camping ground by an act of the Legislature 

 during 1918, and the management of this public park was placed with 

 the Pish and Game Commission, who have improved and maintained 

 it from the funds collected from hunting- and angling licenses. The 

 old hatchery at Tahoe is being used until such time as the new hatchery 

 shall be completed. 



During the past two years there were hatched and reared 857,000 

 rainbow and black-spotted trout fry at the Lake Tahoe Hatchery and 



