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ture of the water goes below 48 degrees Fahr. the rainbows hide at the 

 bottom of the pool and refuse food. In fact, they remain invisible as long 

 as the water remains below 48 Fahr. The brook fingerlings apparently 

 stand colder water but most of them disappear at the bottom of the pool 

 when the water is at 48 degrees, only the larger and stronger of them show- 

 ing themselves. As near as he can learn, the fish bury themselves in the 

 silt and sand or in the crevices in the stone walls of the pool. As soon as 

 the temperature of the water rises to 50 or above, the little fellows are out, 

 lively and hungry. 



Rainbow trout planted in a brook tributary to Owasco Lake have 

 thrived, according to Mr. John N. Ross, of Auburn. Mr. Ross was fishing 

 at the mouth of this brook shortly after the season opened and caught one 

 trout weighing 2^ pounds, one 2 pounds and two 1^- pounds each. He 

 learned that probably one hundred were taken from the same brook. In 

 July the trout had left the mouth of the brook, probably seeking the deep 

 water of the lake. 



Black Spotted Trout 



On August 21, 1909, Mr. Otis received 48,531 eggs of this trout from 

 the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Yellowstone Park. On account of rough 

 handling, and the warm weather, 4,000 dead eggs were picked off at the 

 first picking. As a result of the hatching 32,265 fingerlings were planted 

 in Little Green Pond on December 1. 



Steel-head Trout 

 On April 26th, a box of fish taken in Keuka Lake was received from 

 Foreman Davidson, of the Pleasant Valley Station. Among these was a 

 steel-head, weighing about two pounds. The box also contained a chain 

 pickerel, a strawberry bass and a yellow perch. 



Whitefish 



In May, 1909, Mr. William D. Ferree reported that quite a number 

 of whitefish have been brought ashore by the fishermen netting in Keuka 

 Lake. 



On December 7, 1909, while I was in the Oneida Hatchery, 25 quarts 

 of eggs arrived in a packing case from Canandaigua Lake. They were in 



