THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



around the lake. This lake was stocked with 9000 rainbow trout. Last 

 year 1250 eastern brook trout were planted there. With the exception of 

 these, there are no fish in the lake. 



WALDO LAKE AN ATTRACTIVE SPOT. 



Ten thousand rainbow trout for Waldo lake were received at Oak- 

 ridge August 19. Last year 2100 fish were planted in Waldo. Reports 

 from various sources show that the trout liberated there last season are 

 doing well. Men working on the Waldo Lake Irrigation and Power Com- 

 pany project declare they have seen schools numbering thousands of fish 

 from six to nine inches long, swimming near the shore line. The fact that 

 only 2100 fish were in the lake previous to this year shows that practically 



— Photograph by Johnson. 

 Packing" Trout Pry, Each Can Weighs Ahout Eighty-five Pounds. The Longest 

 Pack was Eight Days with a Loss of Less than Fifty Pry. 



all the trout planted there have survived the winter and thrived, — even 

 though the reports may have been exaggerated. 



Those who have seen Waldo lake are of the opinion that it is one 

 of the largest and most attractive lakes in the Cascade mountains. The 

 extreme length is seven and one-eighth miles and it is four and one-half 

 miles broad in the widest place. It has a rocky beach most of the way 

 around, but there are many little bays where reeds and grass grow up to 

 the water's edge. The low land on the west side of the lake is broken by 

 a great number of small ponds covered with pond lilies and surrounded 

 with meadows of elk and forage grasses. Waldo lake is just west of the 

 summit; it marks the division point between the eastern Oregon and 



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