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of the waste from closets. In no case did I see a particle of evi- 

 dence of pollution of the lake. 



The rainbow trout planted by the Commission have become 

 well established, and they may frequently be seen rising to the 

 surface in various bays. A number of them have been caught 

 by still fishing, and I am satisfied that an expert fly caster would 

 take that species without difficulty. 



FISHING IN OWASCO LAKE. 



The following letter, on account of its interest to the people of 

 the locality, is made part of the report: 



" Three-Miee Bay, N. Y., July 7, 1911. 



"Dr. T. H. Bean, Albany, E". Y. : 



" Dear Sir. — Last winter I wrote you in regard to some fishing 

 in Owasco lake which I was at that time trying to get, as the 

 Owasco Lake Anglers' Association at Auburn were intending to 

 have the carp taken out. I have been there with ten trap nets 

 for three weeks, and found I was just three weeks late to 

 get carp as they had left the shallows for deep water. But on 

 the whole the anglers were satisfied with my work as I showed 

 to them many more fish than they supposed the lake contained. 

 Thinking you might be interested, I told Mr. B. A. Skeel, Secre- 

 tary of the Association, I would write you about it. I used ten 

 trap nets of 4 and 6 feet for 23 days. 



" I took 2,967 suckers, 725 carp, 24 eels. 



" The estimate of other fish which we had in nets and at once 

 set free: Large yellow perch, 10,000; large yellow pike, 

 1,200 ; blue pike, 40 ; black bass, 75 ; trout, 6 ; rock bass, 10 

 pounds; bullheads, 150 pounds. 



The yellow perch are much larger than any ever seen by 

 me in any waters at Lake Ontario or the St. Lawrence river, as 

 some of them would weigh over two pounds and as a whole, some 

 days, would average one pound each for a day's catch. These 

 perch at this time are not taking any kind of bait and on in- 

 specting the fish we found in every case they were feeding on 

 sucker spawn, and we also found the suckers in the cold water 



