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think possibly this may have been caused by catching the fish in 

 gillnets. I think it would be better to use pound nets if we fish for 

 this species another year." 



Tullibee 



A tullibee was caught in a bay in Oneida Lake on the village 

 front in May, 1913. This is the first recent instance of the capture 

 of a tullibee in the lake in that season of the year. 



Probably for the first time, at least in many years, specimens 

 of the tullibee were caught by angling in Oneida Lake in the sum- 

 mer of 1913. The fish so taken were seen by W. M. Gallagher, 

 Esq., of Cleveland, ~N. Y., and other persons. 



Smelt 



On September 5, 1913, one of the employees of the Adirondack 

 hatchery brought in two adult/ smelt, the longest about S inches, 

 from Little Clear lake. In 1906, Mr. Winchester planted about 

 60 adult smelt in Little Green pond, which has an outlet into 

 Little Clear Lake. It is not considered probable, however, that 

 these individuals furnished the stock observed in Little Clear, as 

 they were in bad condition when planted. Mr. Winchester, 

 formerly in charge of the Adirondack station, states that he had 

 caught small smelt at the head of Little Clear lake some years 

 ago in a hoop net set for brook trout. Foreman Walters, of the 

 Cold Spring Harbor hatchery, delivered a lot of fry of the smelt 

 for planting in Tapper Saranac lake in 1896, and these, it is be- 

 lieved, formed the initial supply of that lake and communicating 

 waters. It would have been easy at that time for the smelt to 

 ascend through connecting waters into Little Clear lake. 



During the month of March, 1913. Foreman Walters, of the 

 Cold Spring Harbor station, collected 110,000,000 smelt eggs. 

 Those old enough to clean up showed a better percentage of good 

 eggs than in any previous year, in fact, they were the best lot of 

 smelt eggs ever collected at the hatchery. 



Maskalonoe 



The first eggs taken in Chautauqua Lake were obtained from a 

 single female which yielded 21,000. 



On April 16, 1913, Mr. A. G. Buller, Superintendent of the 

 L^nion City, Pa., Station, informed us that a few maskalonge fry 



