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on the trout, as well as low water conditions in the creeks tributary 

 to the lake. 



In 1927 the water in the creeks was very low and during the spring 

 of 1928 some of the creeks did not run any water and the most impor- 

 tant stream, North Creek, ran such a small head of water that the 

 fish could not ascend it in great numbers. The majority of the spawn 

 fish were collected from Kid Bay by the use of a small seine. 



NORTH CREEK HATCHERY AND EGG-COLLECTING STATION 



This hatchery was not operated during the spring of 1928 as the 

 water was too low to take any chances of placing eggs in this station. 

 All eggs were taken directly to Bear Lake Hatchery and hatched. 

 During the season of 1927 we used the North Creek Hatchery to 

 eye the eggs as well as to hatch 600,000 fish that were later distributed 

 in the streams of San Bernardino County. 



Owing to the light rain and snow fall in the Bear Lake region and 

 the demand for larger fish for distribution purposes, we were instructed 

 by your honorable board to establish tank systems in which to hold the 



Fig. 21. The new Santa Ana station, 

 in the waters of southern California. 



Here trout are held to age before planting 

 Photograph by Marion Lamb, June, 1928. 



surplus fish from Bear Lake Hatchery; so early in June a site Was 

 selected on the San Gabriel River at Coldbrook Camp for a tank 

 station, and after considerable delay a site was found on Forsee Creek, 

 a tributary of the Santa Ana River, for another tank site. 



THE SANTA ANA TANK STATION 



These receptacles for fish were constructed during June, 1928. They 

 consist of ten tanks with a capacity of approximately 50,000 fish, each 

 of an average size of 1 to 1^ inches when first placed in the tanks. As 

 they grow larger they must be planted so that the tanks will not be 

 overcrowded. At the last of the season the remaining fish should 

 average four inches in length. 



