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I think it would be a good idea to plant some of the ciscoes 

 hatched from Sodus bay eggs in some of the inland lakes of the 

 state, for they are caught with a hook and line, and I think the 

 people would be well pleased with them. — Reported by Frank 

 Redband, Foreman, Mumford, N. Y. 



Chautauqua Station 



I submit herewith my report for this station for the year end- 

 ing September 30, 1914: 



While our work was not as extensive as it has been in former 

 years, it was successful. Our take and hatch of lake herring eggs 

 was the largest we ever had. The herring eggs were collected at 

 Erie, Pa. Much credit is due to the Pennsylvania Commissioner 

 of Fisheries and Superintendent Hartman, of Erie, for the able 

 assistance and courtesy shown by them. We secured our full 

 capacity of eggs at Erie and so did not go to Dunkirk for any. 

 The herring eggs hatched and were planted in Lake Erie, at 

 Dunkirk, during the month of March. 



In April we commenced getting ready for net fishing in Chau- 

 tauqua lake, to collect maskalonge eggs. While we did not run as 

 many nets as usual the take of eggs and percentage of hatch was 

 about in the same proportion to the nets used as heretofore. There 

 ia no perceptible gain in the number of maskalonge caught in the 

 nets. We furnished green and eyed maskalonge eggs to the Penn- 

 sylvania Commission in exchange for other eggs, and sent eyed 

 maskalonge eggs to the Caledonia hatchery to fill the up-state 

 applications. We finished the maskalonge hatching and distribu- 

 tion in June. We tried holding some of the maskalonge in hatch- 

 ing boxes, hatchery troughs and outside cement ponds in water 

 that came from the flowing well with no results in any of the 

 places. 



The Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern railway furnished 

 free transportation for fish and messengers this season, which 

 enabled us to get in and out with the fish. This transportation 

 was not furnished previously. — Reported by Grant E. Win- 

 chester y Foreman, Bemus Point, N. Y. 



