Biological Survey — Oswego Watershed 



37 



course. The water is cold, temperatures ranging from 63° to 67° 

 Fahr. when the air showed 83° and 84° Fahr. It was exceedingly 

 rich in food but was badly choked with vegetation principally 

 watercress. This latter condition is by no means harmful to trout 

 but interferes seriously with the fishing. By removing about two- 

 thirds of it much better results would be possible without sacrificing 

 the production. 



Pond Areas Available for Stocking. — The total pond area ex- 

 clusive of the Finger lakes, Oneida lake and all posted ponds, is 

 about 6,900 acres of which 137 are suitable for brook trout, 316 for 

 rainbrow trout, 2,334 for small-mouthed bass and 4,113 for large- 

 mouthed bass. 



The folloAving table shows the extent of such waters on the sev- 

 eral maps : 



Table 10. — Pond Acreage Suitable for Stocking 



MAP 



Brook 

 trout 



Rainbow- 

 trout 



Small- 

 mouthed 

 bass 



Large- 



mouthecl 



bass 



1 



64 



72 



72 



52 



192 



"i',6u 

 '"i^so 



38 





2 



3A ''.'.'.'. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 



1,382 

 1,136 



3B 





1,064 



4A 





111 



4B 



1 



420 



5 





6 













The Larger Trout Ponds 



Map 1. The largest pond at Paige with an area of about 50 

 acres, is formed by a dam in one of the upper tributaries of East 

 Branch of Fish creek. It is cold with silt bottom and now contains 

 brook trout. 



Map 2. The Oneida reservoir of 60 acres is the largest in this 

 region suitable for brook trout. It is formed by a dam in Florence 

 creek at Glenmore which gives it a maximum depth of about 25 

 feet, This body of water is the water supply for the City of Oneida 

 and in case of future posting, it would appear advisable to change 

 the species to rainbow trout, because of the probability of the 

 adults moving up into Florence creek where fishing would doubt- 

 less be open to the public. 



Map 3. The upper Oneida reservoir of 10 acres and Green 

 lake of 62 acres seem favorable for rainbow trout, The former has 

 a maximum depth of about 25 feet and shows higher temperatures 

 than Green lake. The gaseous conditions are much better, however, 

 and it is believed that the area is large enough to be attractive to 

 mature rainbow trout. 



