THE FISHWAY AT GRAND LAKE STREAM. 
SENT IN BY W. 0. BUCK. 
This ‘s in some respeets a new departure. 
It is here definitely described partly for this reason and*also 
for the purpose of directing attention to conditions which may 
well exist elsewhere and which should be carefully considered by 
fish culturists and met in some way wherever found. Let these 
be stated first. 
THE LOCALITY. 
Grand Lake Stream is the outlet of a large lake at the head 
of the west branch of the St. Croix River in eastern Maine. 
This lake is well stocked with a small variety of landlocked 
salmon. It has been asserted that all the adult salmon in the 
lake come to this stream to spawn, and conclusive proof to the 
contrary is yet wanting. The stream is a rapid one and for two 
miles below the dam contains many gravel beds suitable for 
ridds. Above the dam and within one hundred yards of it is a 
gravel bed which suits the fish when the water is low enough 
in the lake and the gates in the dam are opened enough to give 
sufficient current. The management of the dam for many years 
has met these conditions and the fishing for spawning purposes 
has been carried on by placing a barrier net across the river just 
above this gravel and then setting a trap for fish trying to reach 
it from the lake. If such a barrier could be maintained through- 
out the year and fish thus be kept from passing down through 
the dam, all spawners coming to the stream from the lake could 
be captured at the spawning season. But this barrier is main- 
tained only from September 15 until a short time after spawn- 
ing is over, about December 1. While the fish doubtless seek the 
stream in greater numbers at this season, they will also run down 
over the dam at other times. 
THE DAM. 
The dam has for long been in such a condition that fish could 
pass it only downward and could not safely do that except in a 
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