TiSH And Game Commission 



Bill Peck Catching Four Pound Trout. 



were of poor quality. Near the close of the season, as an experiment, 

 at two of the lakes, a few thousand eggs were placed in hatching bas- 

 kets and held until eyed before taking to the hatchery. These eggs 

 turned out very much better, convincing me, as I had before thought, 

 that the eggs must be eyed at the spawning stations to secure the best 

 results. 



At Fish Lake, near Stryker, about 650,000 eggs were secured. 

 These eggs were held until eyed, and then shipped to the hatcheries 

 without loss. These were fine ggs and coming so late (July), helped 

 to stock our hatcheries after the earlier eggs had been hatched and 

 distributed. 



At Georgetown Lake, near Anaconda, quite a number of fish were 

 caught, but owing to a scarcity of males and other causes, the results 

 were disappointing. 



If the state could secure control of some lake that was well stocked 

 with native trout, and establish a permanent field station for eyeing 

 eggs for supplying the hatcheries, it would probably be more econom- 

 ical than the present system. The lake would necessarily have to be 

 closed to publish fishing, so that the state could have entire control. 



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