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Map 6. Many of the streams on this map have already been 

 referred to under Map 5. In the eastern section Virgil creek, a 

 stream tributary to Fall creek, was formerly a noteworthy brook 

 trout stream, and at present there are a few pools containing indi- 

 viduals of this species. However, for the most part the stream 

 has become exposed and too warm for brook trout. Better fishing 

 will doubtless follow exclusive stocking with browns. It is a good 

 sized stream, rich in food and showing the best pool conditions. 

 It should receive a much larger allotment of fish annually in order 

 to fully utilize its productive capacity. 



The Cayuga lake inlet system is one of the largest and most im- 

 portant in Tompkins county, furnishing a total of about 48 miles 

 of fishable trout water. The inlet proper has no barriers to the 

 upward migration of rainboAv trout from Cayuga lake. It is a 

 rather large stream, rich in food and possessing large pools of the 

 best type. It is too warm for brook trout though brown and rain- 

 bows are known to thrive. Specimens of the latter weighing upward 

 of 4 pounds have been taken in April. It is heavily fished and 

 never has been stocked heavily enough to take full advantage of 

 its productive capacity. All of the larger tributaries possess high 

 falls and may thus be stocked independently of the main stream. 

 The principal fishing tributaries are Sixmile, Butternut, Enfield 

 (Fivemile) and Newfield creeks, All are of good size and pro- 

 ductive, and are divided by dams or falls into two or more sections. 

 It is thus possible to use both species of trout (brown and rainbow) 

 in stocking. 



The upper 3.5 miles of Newfield creek is the most typical brook 

 trout stream in the county, in which brown trout have not yet 

 appeared. Fed at first by three fair sized springs, it flows down 

 through a heavily wooded swamp and receives here and there 

 other smaller springs. It is densely shaded, the water is cold and 

 there are spawning beds near the source which contribute in no 

 small way toward the trout population of the stream. 



Seneca lake inlet, known as Catherine creek, is much like the 

 Cayuga inlet in that it is ideal for rainbow and brown trout, the 

 former migrating from the lake. Good catches of large rainbows 

 are reported each spring and many large browns are taken in the 

 upper section in summer. Catlin Mills creek is the principal tribu- 

 tary suitable for stocking. Other tributaries of Seneca lake are 

 Sawmill creek from mouth to falls suitable for rainbow trout, and 

 tributary 44 from Burdett to source together with its main feeder, 

 Texas Hollow brook, suitable for brown trout. 



Keuka lake inlet, another stream used for spawning lake rain- 

 bows, has an impassable dam located near tributary 5, which limits 

 the upward movement to about 2 miles. 



Map 7. But two fishing waters are located on this map. 

 Catherine creek to which reference has already been made (Map 6) 

 and the abandoned Chemung canal. The latter is broad, sluggish 

 and fed chiefly by small springs well distributed throughout its 



