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DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAM K 



fingerlings were dropped into 610 lakes. Very gratifying reports are be- 

 ing received from anglers fishing these lakes and from our field personnel 

 working in the areas planted. 



Tables showing the number of fish and varieties reared and rescued 

 during the fiscal year periods July 1, 1950, through June 30, 1951, and 

 July 1, 1951, through June 30, 1952, will be found in Appendix B. 



Fish hatcheries operated during the period covered by. this report 

 are as follows : 



El Dorado County 



Mt. Talkie Hatchery near Camp Richardson. .".2 troughs, 18 tanks, 4' x 16' x 30". 



(.Seasonal.) 



Fresno County 



Huntington Lake Hatchery near Lakeshore last operated 19.">0. (Permanently 

 closed.) 



Kings River Hatchery, 56 miles east of Fresno, between Trimmer and Balch Camp. 

 100 troughs. No tanks or ponds. 



Humboldt County 



Prairie Creek Hat< hery on Highway 101, 4 miles north of Orick. 80 troughs, live red- 

 wood tanks, 4' x 16' x 30". 



Inyo County 



Mt. Whitney Hatchery near Independence. 120 troughs. Nine rearing ponds, used 

 largely for spring-spawning rainbow brood stock. Two concrete brood fish tanks. 



Black Rock Springs Rearing Ponds, approximately 10 miles north of Independence. 

 Three large rearing ponds and two raceways. 



Fish Springs Hatchery on Highway No. 395, 6 miles south of Rigpine. Six large 

 earth-fill rearing ponds. Hatchery completed and dedicated June 27, 1952. 



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View showing a portion of the pond system at the new Fish Springs Hatchery located near 

 Bigpine, Inyo County. Two parallel series of ponds are employed, each series a little over 1,700 

 feet long. The ponds have a total capacity of nearly 1,000,000 catchable trout annually. The 

 Fish Springs Hatchery is ideally situated to serve an area of extremely heavy fishing pressure. 



