In the summer of 1912 about twenty thousand brook trout were 

 planted in Upper Two Medicine Lake, Glacier Park, which was barren 

 of fish up to this time. This lake was reported to be well stocked wtih 

 these fish the past summer. 



At Lima Mr. Charles Rody reports that the fry supplied him in 

 May, 1913, had grown to be from four and one-half to seven and one- 

 half inches long in November of the same year, and at Mr. Ripley's 

 place they were even larger. 



The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries furnished this Commission with two 

 hundred thousand eyed Eastern brook trout eggs in 1913, and the same 

 in 1914. 



Rainbow Trout 

 There has been considerable prejudice against this fine fish on 

 account of his cannibalistic nature, but it is a good fish, a fighter, and 

 when caught proves to be one of the most gamey of trouts. They grow 

 to large size, many at six to ten pounds being caught in Big Hole 

 River, and one of twelve pounds from Georgetown Lake. One caught in 

 October, 1914, near Maiden Rock in Big Hole River, by Mr. Swanson, 

 of Butte, weighed 17 pounds, two ounces; measured 30 and one-half 

 inches long, twenty-one-inch girth. In Michigan they are reported as 

 high as twenty-five pounds and are regarded as a commercial possi- 

 bility in that state. We hope to be able to continue our arrangement 

 with the Michigan Commission whereby we exchange two million of 

 brook trout eggs for the same number of rainbows each season. The 

 eggs received from Michigan last season were of fine quality, taken 

 from wild fish, while those purchased from Utah were much more 

 expensive and of a poorer quality. 



Black Spotted Trout 



Our native mountain trout is found in all of our cold water streams 

 and lakes, unless where shut out by some impassable barrier, such as 

 a high water fall, slide, or dam of some kind, and is dear to the heart 

 of all Montana anglers. In the small creeks it is small and vigorous, 

 and is often called "brook trout." In large streams and lakes it is 

 found weighing up to twenty pounds and is called "salmon trout," 

 "flat trout," and "rainbow," by the local anglers. 



Through the courtesy of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, we have 

 secured a good supply of eggs from Yellowstone Park each season, 

 although the past two summers, owing to the fact that the work in the 

 Park was not quite so successful, our allotments were not so large. 



Traps were placed in the inlets of several lakes in the vicinity of 

 the Flathead Hatchery, and a large quantity of eggs were taken, but 

 on account of the long trips to the hatchery over rough roads, the eggs 



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