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One net was about twelve feet deep. The only way to capture these fish 

 is by means of gill nets. 



On December 2, 1909, about six quarts of eggs had been taken from 

 fish in Keuka Lake. The fish were caught in gill nets. 



Mr. W. D. Marks, writing from Southampton, Ont., October 13, 1909, 

 stated, that he then had five fishing tugs and four sailboats fishing for trout; 

 he had placed men on each of these vessels to take eggs. Only one of the 

 men was experienced in egg-taking. A storm lasting three days interfered 

 greatly with the work. 



The number of eggs to the quart, according to Mr. Milo F. Otis, varies 

 from 6,400 to 7,200, depending upon the size of the fish, the larger fish 

 yielding the larger eggs. 



On October 25, 1909, Foreman Redband started for Henderson Harbor 

 to begin taking eggs there. He was at Stony Island early in November 

 and stated that the fish were just beginning to spawn and if the weather 

 was fine he expected to take a good many eggs. 



Foreman Otis, writing about lake trout fishing in Lakes Placid and 

 Big Clear, states that one difficulty with lake trout is that they cannot be 

 held in the nets until ripe. The trout will harden after a few days and 

 will not yield any eggs. Some lake trout were taken out of nets when not 

 quite ready to spawn and were placed in the rearing pond at the hatchery. 

 Eggs were obtained from some of these fish, but a number of the larger 

 ones hardened and furnished no eggs. 



In April, 1909, there were six very beautiful albino lake trout, then 

 three years old, at the Pleasant Valley Station. They were reared from eggs 

 collected in Lake Michigan. 



Foreman Redband has about 200 albinos of this species in one of the 

 races at Caledonia. They are now one and one-half years old. Some of 

 them were exhibited at the State Fair at Syracuse. 



Mr. Charles F. Tuttle, of Loon Lake, N. Y., on July 14, 1909, advised 

 the Commission that the lake trout planted in Loon Lake have produced 

 no fishing. According to his letter, no one ever catches a lake trout in 

 that lake. There is a very strong desire to introduce black bass in Loon 

 Lake, but under the present law this cannot be done except under the 



