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that its presence there is very injurious to the successful reproduction of 

 other more valuable fish. The association has no hope of exterminating 

 the carp, but believes that a great many of them could be removed every 

 spring at slight expense to the State. 



Fall Fish 



On some parts of the Mohawk river the fall fish is called " whitefish," 

 although it is not closely related to the latter species. It seems to furnish 

 some sport for the anglers in the vicinity of Amsterdam. 



Shad 



On May 4th, Mr. Hollenbeck was sent to Rhinecliff to see what he 

 could do about getting shad eggs from drift-nets. Foreman Winchester 

 had made arrangements with the fishermen there to let Hollenbeck go in 

 their boat with them when lifting the nets. On May 10th, Mr. Winchester 

 reported that the shad pond at Linlithgo was ready for use. The shad at 

 Rhinecliff had not yet begun to spawn, but everything was in readiness 

 for the work. Mr. Winchester arranged with two fishermen to take the 

 eggs on their own account and receive for them $10 per 100,000 eyed eggs; 

 455,000 eggs were taken at Rhinecliff between the nth and 16th of May. 



Operations were begun with Captain Pindars' seine, at Catskill, May 

 17th. On May 16th, Mr. Winchester had a few eggs of white perch and 

 yellow perch. 



On May 20th, Mr. Winchester had a total of 595,000 eggs from Rhine- 

 cliff and 100,000 from Catskill, which figures do not include eggs taken on 

 the night of May 19th. 



Landlocked Salmon 



On March 12, 1909, Mr. Burke received 30,000 eggs from Grand Lake 

 Stream, Me. Some of these eggs were frozen, the two top trays in the box 

 being quite frosty and some of the eggs adhered to the cloth. This did 

 not seem to affect the eggs seriously, however, as Mr. Burke furnished 

 28,000 fingerlings for planting in Lake George from this lot of eggs. 



