THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 143 



THE CHINOOK IN NEW ENGLAND 



WATERS 



The Greatest Fish of the Pacific Waters Transplanted for the 

 Benefit of Eastern Anglers 



BY 



GEORGE H. GRAHAM 



Fish and Game Commissioner, Springfield, Mass. 



MORE interesting experiment has ever been carried 

 on in the line of fish culture than what has been done 

 in the past ten years with the Pacific salmon known 

 as "Chinook" in some of our New England lakes. 

 The splendid record that has come from Lake Sunapee, N. H., 

 and more recently what has been the result of planting these fish 

 in Lake Quinsigamond in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, 

 attracts the attention of fish culturists and anglers all over the 

 country. Knowing what had been the results of planting these 

 salmon in Lake Sunapee and believing that equally good results 

 could be obtained in the old Bay State the Commissioners on 

 Fisheries and Game began to look around to see where to try the 

 experiment. They found in Lake Quinsigamond what they con- 

 sidered an ideal lake ; it has a large area of deep water and is 

 very cold in places. It has a large amount of food for the salmon 

 to feed upon in the shape of landlocked smelts which seemed to 

 be increasing at an enormous rate. 



The lake was screened at the outlet so as to prevent the 

 young fish from going down stream and when the fish were 

 planted they were good sized fish from four to six inches long. 

 Ten thousand of these fish were plantedi during the fall of 1912 

 and during July of 1914 or within about twenty months from the 

 time they were hatched, over 600 salmon were caught by the 

 anglers, ranging from one and one-half to five pounds each. 



These fish were caught both trolling and still fishing with 

 live bait, and as there has been no limit on salmon in Massa- 

 chusetts one man caught over twenty fish in one day. 



The salmon that were planted in Lake Quinsigamond were 

 kept in the hatchery until they were from four to six inches long, 



