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the fish, but pound nets will be tried during the coining season, 

 and they will probably work better, and lessen the danger of kill- 

 ing the fish. Maskalonge eggs were successfully hatched for the 

 first time at this Station. They were shipped here from the 

 Bemus Point Station, and the fry were delivered to many parts 

 of the State in fine condition according to the reports of the 

 applicants. 



The Pennsylvania Fish Commission, through Superintendent 

 Hartman, at Erie, Pa., did everything possible to make our fishing 

 for lake herring at Erie a success. The Desmond Eish Company, 

 of Dunkirk, gave us valuable assistance in our efforts to collect 

 lake trout eggs. They made a lot of gill nets for this purpose; 

 but the weather was bad and the fish spawned late so that the 

 experiment was not a success. — Reported by Frank Redband, 

 Foreman, Mumford, N. Y. 



Chautauqua Station 



The brook trout were all kept to the fingerling stage before 

 distribution. Owing to lack of railroad transportation from 

 Bemus Point only 142,000 brook trout fingerlings were sent out 

 on applications from here ; the remaining 243,000 were shipped 

 to Caledonia for distribution from there. The distribution was 

 finished at this point on July 30. 



The four cement ponds, each 4 x 40 feet, that were constructed 

 last fall were of much advantage in rearing the trout. If we had 

 another flowing well equal, or even one half the capacity of the 

 one now in operation, we could increase the trout output very 

 greatly. The new ponds, constructed above ground, proved much 

 superior to the old ones during high water in the spring. The 

 water surrounded the hatchery, but did not overflow the new 

 ponds which were full of brook trout at the time. There is an 

 appropriation of $100,000 to remedy the flood condition of this 

 lake. 



From December 1 to December 9, 1912, we collected 25,856,000 

 lake herring eggs at Erie Pa., and December 17 to 19, we obtained 

 9,595,000 eggs at Dunkirk, N. Y. Bad weather set in at Dunkirk 

 forcing the tug fishermen to quit fishing. The tug fishermen were 

 very obliging and helpful in our herring egg collection. It is no 



