TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. I 73 



in response to your urgent request a year ago, and in part also to the 

 benefits derived from the scientific management applied to the hatch- 

 eries by the State Fish Culturist, Dr. Tarleton H. Bean. To him is due 

 the credit of preventing any considerable loss among the fish from the 

 usual diseases which prevail in hatcheries, and which have in the past in 

 many cases very seriously reduced the stock we have had available for 

 distribution. 



From many localities reports have come which indicate not only satis- 

 factory, but in some cases, surprising results derived from stocking depleted 

 waters. One notable instance is found in the St. Lawrence river, where 

 the supply of maskalonge had been decreasing for several years to the great 

 dissatisfaction of the thousands of visitors to this favorite vacation region. 

 The work of restocking this river was taken up vigorously by the Com- 

 mission with the aid of individual citizens and particularly of the Anglers' 

 Association of the St. Lawrence. Without going into any further detail, 

 it may be said that the result has been most gratifying, and that the fall 

 fishing last season was the best in years. The fishermen concede that this 

 is directly the result of the work done by the Commission, and the local 

 newspapers have been liberally supplied with accounts of satisfactory 

 catches. One of these items which appeared under date of November 9 

 last, was as follows: 



" All records for maskalonge fishing on the St. Lawrence river were 

 broken last Monday, when Steve Norton and George B. Hartman returned 

 home from a fishing trip up to Eel Bay. The boys left their homes at Alex- 

 andria Bay last Saturday night for Eel Bav, where they fished two days. 

 On Sunday they were unable to get a fish of any kind, but on Monday they 

 started out very early and had good luck in breaking all records for maska- 

 longe fishing. They captured seven of them, the total weight being 128 

 pounds. The fish weighed separately 12, 14, 14, 15, 15, 28 and 32 pounds 

 respectively." 



This catch was photographed and the picture is reproduced herewith, 

 showing the fish as they appeared soon after being taken from the water. 

 Protector Joseph Xorthrup, of Alexandria Bay, who forwarded the photo- 

 graph to the office, wrote at the same time: ' We are satisfied that the 

 good fishing comes from the stocking that the State has been doing for sev- 



