﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  

  

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  given 
  the 
  best 
  results 
  in 
  most 
  lakes 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  Take 
  a 
  wash 
  

   tub, 
  empty 
  the 
  fish 
  into 
  it, 
  using 
  a 
  dipper 
  with 
  a 
  perforated 
  bottom, 
  

   dipping 
  up 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  fish 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  and 
  putting 
  them 
  out 
  as 
  the 
  

   boat 
  is 
  moving 
  along. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  you 
  will 
  cover 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  

   ground 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  will 
  be 
  well 
  distributed. 
  Too 
  much 
  care 
  can- 
  

   not 
  be 
  taken 
  in 
  getting 
  fish 
  well 
  distributed 
  whether 
  in 
  lake, 
  river 
  

   or 
  brook. 
  

  

  Some 
  people 
  will 
  tell 
  you 
  that 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  

   lakes 
  if 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  hatcheries 
  in 
  operation. 
  Ask 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   old 
  fishermen 
  how 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  old, 
  native 
  fish 
  they 
  catch 
  during 
  

   the 
  year. 
  The 
  answer 
  will 
  be: 
  "One," 
  or 
  "not 
  any." 
  If 
  the 
  

   fishing 
  in 
  your 
  lake 
  or 
  stream 
  is 
  not 
  what 
  you 
  think 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  

   do 
  not 
  blame 
  the 
  hatcheries. 
  Examine 
  the 
  water, 
  find 
  out 
  as 
  much 
  

   as 
  possible 
  about 
  the 
  natural 
  food, 
  the 
  volume 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  very 
  

   dry 
  seasons, 
  temperature, 
  etc., 
  and 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  Commission 
  which 
  

   will 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  get 
  such 
  information 
  and 
  help 
  matters 
  wherever 
  

   it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  

  

  Eggs 
  Collected, 
  Season 
  of 
  1909, 
  Pleasant 
  Valley 
  Station 
  

  

  DATE 
  

  

  Total 
  eggs 
  

   taken 
  

  

  Water 
  where 
  taken 
  

  

  Remarks 
  

  

  1909. 
  

   Oct. 
  and 
  Dec 
  

  

  329,400 
  

  

  41,600 
  

  

  308,000 
  

  

  56,600 
  

  

  

  Brown 
  trout. 
  Are 
  not 
  very 
  good. 
  Have 
  

  

  

  Stock 
  fish 
  

  

  picked 
  off 
  50,000. 
  Are 
  hatching 
  some 
  

   and 
  the 
  fry 
  are 
  looking 
  good. 
  

   Brook 
  trout. 
  Fairly 
  good. 
  Loss 
  to 
  date, 
  

  

  

  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor. 
  . 
  

   Lake 
  Keuka 
  

  

  10,000. 
  Are 
  hatching 
  quite 
  fast 
  at 
  this 
  

   date. 
  

  

  Dec. 
  1 
  to 
  7 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  being 
  quite 
  dry 
  

   on 
  trays, 
  and 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  dying 
  in 
  

   the 
  eggs. 
  Have 
  picked 
  off 
  30,000. 
  Are 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  hatched 
  and 
  fry 
  looking 
  good. 
  

   Lake 
  trout. 
  Eggs 
  are 
  fairly 
  good. 
  Have 
  

   taken 
  off 
  5,000 
  ringers. 
  None 
  are 
  

   hatching 
  as 
  yet. 
  

  

  Rainbow 
  Trout 
  spawning 
  now. 
  

  

  Eggs 
  at 
  Pleasant 
  Valley 
  Hatchery, 
  Jan. 
  8. 
  1910 
  

  

  Date 
  

  

  Kind 
  of 
  eggs 
  

  

  Number 
  

  

  Condition 
  

  

  Where 
  taken 
  

  

  Loss 
  

  

  Present 
  

   condition 
  

  

  1909. 
  

   Nov. 
  29 
  

  

  Brook 
  Trout. 
  

   Brook 
  Trout. 
  

   Brown 
  Trout 
  

   Lake 
  Trout. 
  . 
  

  

  41,600 
  

   308,000 
  

   329,400 
  

  

  56,600 
  

  

  Fair 
  

  

  Stock 
  fish 
  

  

  10,000 
  

  

  30,000 
  

  

  50,000 
  

  

  5,000 
  

  

  Good. 
  

  

  Dec. 
  14 
  

   Dec. 
  17 
  

  

  Fair 
  

  

  Not 
  very 
  good. 
  . 
  . 
  

   Good 
  

  

  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor. 
  . 
  

   Stock 
  fish 
  

  

  Good. 
  

   Fair. 
  

  

  Dec. 
  7 
  

  

  Lake 
  Keuka 
  

  

  Good. 
  

  

  

  

  

  Rainbow 
  Trout 
  just 
  commenced 
  spawning. 
  

  

  