26 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
under the stern of the vessel. In 1901 nine salmon, ranging from 8 to 
15 pounds, were captured at Howells Cove Fishery, the three largest 
weighing 11,13, and 145 pounds. Asa result of an investigation made 
by the Commission, based on a newspaper article, it was learned that 
three salmon had been taken from the Delaware River at Neweastle. 
These were captured in gill nets; they weighed 93, 10, and 11 pounds, 
and sold for 45 cents per pound. The capture of one weighing 103 
pounds, near Trenton, was also verified. 
Favorable reports continue to come in from Lake Superior and the 
inland waters of Minnesota, regarding the adaptability of the steel- 
head trout for that section. Mr. H. H. Marks, of the Michigan Fish 
Commission, forwarded in June, 1901, a steelhead taken from a pound 
net near Salt Point, Lake Superior, which measured 30 inches in 
length. Mr. R. C. Mason, writing from Winona, Minn., reports that 
they are well adapted to Lake La Belle, and that, as a result of six 
eans of fry planted in 1898, specimens weighing 23 pounds have been 
taken by the anglers. The steelhead is not only an excellent game 
fish, but its food qualities are highly regarded, as indicated by num- 
erous letters received from residents of Pickwick, Minn. In Vermont 
the fish are apparently so well established in Willoughby Lake that 
arrangements were made to operate a field station in March, but only 
two ripe fish were captured; these yielded 2,000 eggs. 
Following is an interesting extract from a letter written by the 
superintendent of the St. Johnsbury station, with reference to the 
presence of lake trout in Big Averill Pond, Vermont: 
Four years ago we planted some lake trout in Big Averill Pond and have sent - 
some there every year since. This year they are getting very good fishing in that 
lake, catching most of the fish by trolling. The 4-year-old trout weigh 3} pounds, 
the 3-year-olds 2? pounds, the 2-year-olds 1} pounds, and the 1-year-olds are 11 
inches long; the weight was not taken, as those under 12 inches in length are not 
kept. I went out for a couple of hours Sunday morning and caught one 3-year- 
old, two 2-year-olds, and one 1-year-old laker. I give you this information to let 
you know another lake where good results have followed the planting of artifi- 
cially hatched trout. No lake trout ever lived in this lake until those introduced 
by the Commission. TF'rom Big Averill I went to Little Averill to catch some of 
the golden trout. I succeeded in catching seven with hook and line, ranging from 
a yearling to 3 pounds in weight. I had a gill net putin one night, but caught 
only three fish in it—one landlocked salmon and two golden trout. The salmon 
is one which must have been put in by the Commission three years ago. Below 
the outlet of Little Averill, and between Big and Little Averill ponds, I fished 
about fifteen minutes and caught one yearling and one 2-year-old landlocked 
salmon. There is every indication that the series of lakes known as Big and Lit- 
tle Averill and Little Leach will make a good field station in the early future. 
They are all easily accessible and can be operated from one central field station. 
They contain brook trout, lake trout, golden trout, and landlocked salmon. 
Mr. H. B. Handy, under date of January 20, 1901, refers to the suc- 
cessful stocking of Nine Mile Pond (which is 9 miles in circumference), 
near Centerville, Mass., with black bass, under very unfavorable con- 
ditions, several years ago. A few hundred fish from 2 to 4 inches 
