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size* 1 before being distributed, arrangements are being made where 

 these associations may construct ponds and hold the fish until late in 

 the fall before making the distribution. This experiment will be care- 

 fully watched and a check made to determine whether the system is 

 practicable and whether better results are obtained than the system of 

 planting No. 1, 2 and 3 fingerlings directly from the hatcheries. 



Several of the sportsmen's clubs have established rest stations or 

 small holding ponds in the mountainous parts of the state where the 

 fish are delivered from the distribution cars and held for several days 

 to enable them to recuperate from their trip from the hatcheries. They 

 are then taken by pack animals and other conveyances to the more 

 inaccessible lakes and streams. This system has been carried on with 

 good success, particularly by the Fresno County Sportsman's Club 

 who have placed the work of distributing the fish in the hands of 

 experienced planters. Other associations as well as some of the boards 

 of supervisors are planning to adopt this system of resting the fish 

 before carrying them to the waters in the higher elevations not access- 

 ible to the trucks. 



In conclusion, the demands on this department of the Commission as 

 well as on all other departments, makes it necessary that we have a 

 great deal more money than is now available and it is up to the 

 sportsmen if they desire to maintain good fishing in the lakes and 

 streams of the state, to increase the licenses and to protect the spawn- 

 ing fish by a later opening season and a shorter one in most districts. 



