﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  149 
  

  

  1,008,000 
  Whitefish 
  eggs; 
  from 
  Dunkirk, 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  4,263,000 
  (49 
  

   quarts) 
  Herring 
  eggs. 
  

  

  The 
  Lake 
  Trout 
  egg 
  collecting 
  at 
  Stony 
  Island 
  yielded 
  very 
  poor 
  

   returns, 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  received 
  from 
  that 
  locality 
  were 
  in 
  very 
  bad 
  

   condition. 
  Lake 
  Herring 
  work 
  at 
  Erie 
  and 
  Dunkirk 
  was 
  fairly 
  

   successful 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  stormy 
  weather. 
  

  

  Very 
  respectfully, 
  

  

  FRANK 
  REDBAND, 
  

  

  Foreman. 
  

   Mumford, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  November 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

  

  Chautauqua 
  Hatchery 
  

   To 
  the 
  Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission: 
  

  

  My 
  transfer 
  from 
  Linlithgo 
  to 
  this 
  hatchery 
  on 
  July 
  nth 
  of 
  this 
  

   year 
  makes 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  of 
  service 
  for 
  my 
  report. 
  On 
  taking 
  

   charge 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  hatchery 
  in 
  good 
  working 
  order 
  with 
  the 
  few 
  

   needed 
  repairs 
  that 
  come 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time. 
  A 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  

   season's 
  work 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  another 
  report. 
  As 
  the 
  records 
  will 
  show, 
  

   an 
  increase 
  of 
  Maskalonge 
  fry 
  and 
  Brook 
  Trout 
  fry 
  and 
  finger- 
  

   lings 
  was 
  made 
  over 
  last 
  season. 
  On 
  July 
  nth 
  about 
  85,000 
  

   Brook 
  Trout 
  fingerlings 
  remained 
  for 
  distribution 
  which 
  were 
  dis- 
  

   posed 
  of 
  on 
  August 
  31st. 
  They 
  were 
  as 
  nice 
  fish 
  for 
  their 
  age 
  and 
  

   kind 
  as 
  I 
  ever 
  saw, 
  showing 
  that 
  the 
  artesian 
  water 
  used 
  for 
  propa- 
  

   gating 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  best. 
  With 
  the 
  contemplated 
  proposition 
  to 
  estab- 
  

   lish 
  a 
  Black 
  Bass 
  hatchery 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  work 
  

   carried 
  on, 
  I 
  would 
  not 
  recommend 
  much 
  change 
  or 
  improvement 
  

   until 
  the 
  situation 
  is 
  determined. 
  While 
  there 
  may 
  be, 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  

   know 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  favorable 
  location 
  for 
  bass 
  propagating 
  in 
  the 
  

   State 
  than 
  here. 
  I 
  

  

  First: 
  There 
  is 
  practically 
  no 
  expense 
  in 
  getting 
  the 
  adult 
  fish 
  

   for 
  spawning, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  captured 
  in 
  the 
  nets 
  used 
  for 
  collecting 
  

   Maskalonge 
  eggs 
  at 
  a 
  favorable 
  time 
  for 
  putting 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  

   spawning 
  ponds. 
  

  

  