﻿162 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  that 
  time 
  contained 
  110,00 
  acres. 
  Brook 
  and 
  Lake 
  Trout, 
  and 
  

   Atlantic 
  Salmon 
  were 
  the 
  principal 
  fish 
  handled. 
  Brook 
  Trout 
  for 
  

   the 
  most 
  part 
  were 
  planted 
  as 
  fry. 
  Our 
  method 
  was 
  to 
  go 
  over 
  

   the 
  small 
  spring 
  brooks 
  and 
  inlets 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  spring 
  freshets 
  

   were 
  gone, 
  placing 
  a 
  log 
  on 
  a 
  few 
  large 
  stones 
  across 
  the 
  brook, 
  

   to 
  form 
  a 
  pool 
  about 
  one 
  foot 
  deep. 
  Several 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  placed 
  

   on 
  one 
  brook. 
  The 
  fry 
  were 
  then 
  placed 
  in 
  these 
  pools, 
  only 
  a 
  

   few 
  hundred 
  in 
  a 
  place, 
  care 
  being 
  taken 
  not 
  to 
  overstock 
  the 
  stream. 
  

   The 
  results 
  were 
  that 
  after 
  seven 
  years' 
  work 
  the 
  club 
  closed 
  their 
  

   hatchery 
  saying 
  there 
  were 
  plenty 
  of 
  fish. 
  Now, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  my 
  

   experience 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  fish 
  that 
  are 
  planted, 
  but 
  the 
  

   manner 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  distributed 
  that 
  gives 
  the 
  best 
  results. 
  

   Most 
  people 
  seem 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  all 
  that 
  is 
  necessary 
  is 
  to 
  dump 
  

   the 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  lake 
  or 
  stream 
  regardless 
  of 
  temperature 
  or 
  other 
  

   conditions. 
  I 
  will 
  add 
  here 
  my 
  experience 
  in 
  stocking 
  a 
  small 
  lake 
  

   in 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  several 
  years 
  ago 
  with 
  Lake 
  Trout. 
  This 
  lake 
  

   was 
  situated 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  hatchery 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  had 
  

   to 
  be 
  carried 
  in 
  pack 
  cans. 
  The 
  water 
  temperature 
  at 
  the 
  hatchery 
  

   was 
  6o° 
  Fahr. 
  and 
  once 
  in 
  the 
  route 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  cooled 
  where 
  a 
  

   spring 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  mountain. 
  On 
  arrival 
  at 
  the 
  lake 
  the 
  water 
  

   was 
  mixed, 
  to 
  bring 
  the 
  temperature 
  near 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  lake 
  before 
  

   liberating 
  the 
  fish. 
  The 
  men 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  would 
  not 
  leave 
  

   the 
  surface, 
  but 
  would 
  dart 
  around 
  as 
  if 
  crazy, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  

   be 
  dead. 
  I 
  visited 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  found 
  this 
  as 
  stated. 
  The 
  tempera- 
  

   ture 
  at 
  the 
  surface 
  I 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  78 
  °. 
  We 
  then 
  took 
  the 
  fish 
  to 
  where 
  

   a 
  small 
  inlet 
  came 
  in 
  and 
  placed 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  pool 
  a 
  few 
  rods 
  from 
  

   the 
  lake. 
  There 
  they 
  showed 
  no 
  signs 
  of 
  distress. 
  After 
  remain- 
  

   ing 
  there 
  for 
  an 
  hour 
  or 
  two, 
  they 
  would 
  go 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  to 
  

   deep 
  water 
  at 
  once. 
  This 
  is 
  only 
  one 
  of 
  like 
  instances 
  that 
  have 
  

   come 
  under 
  my 
  observation. 
  The 
  majority 
  of 
  persons 
  planting 
  

   Lake 
  Trout 
  will 
  take 
  twelve 
  or 
  fourteen 
  cans 
  in 
  a 
  launch 
  or 
  row- 
  

   boat, 
  go 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  dump 
  a 
  whole 
  can, 
  or 
  perhaps 
  two 
  

   or 
  three 
  cans 
  in 
  one 
  place. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  mistake 
  as 
  the 
  fish 
  

   will 
  most 
  always 
  collect 
  together 
  in 
  a 
  school 
  for 
  some 
  time, 
  and 
  

   I 
  have 
  seen 
  nearly 
  a 
  whole 
  can 
  devoured 
  by 
  large 
  fish 
  before 
  get- 
  

   ting 
  frightened 
  away. 
  The 
  plan 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  tried 
  and 
  which 
  has 
  

  

  