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increased, it will undoubtedly ruin this stream as a habitat for 

 trout or any other game fish. 



Below the junction with Price spring run, the stream is a rather 

 close succession of short rapids and long, broad, deep pools with 

 overhanging banks often margined with dense patches of water- 

 cress. It is one of the richest in food that has come to the writer's 

 notice containing countless numbers of Caledonia shrimps (Gam- 

 marus limnaeus). Near the source it receives the effluent from the 

 disposal plant of the City of Auburn. In the past this stream 

 has produced a good many large brook and brown trout. Although 

 brown trout have been planted formerly with success, it would 

 seem wise under conditions regulating pollution to preserve this 

 solely as a brook trout stream, because it is the only sizable stream 

 in this region known to be Avell adapted for this species. The 

 stream is fished beyond its capacity to produce trout and conse- 

 quently the only chance of preserving good fishing lies in stocking 

 more intensively with larger sizes. 



An experimental planting of brown trout has been suggested 

 for that part of the Clyde river lying between tributaries 29 and 

 37. This river showed temperatures generally too high for brown 

 trout, yet, in the particular section mentioned, a number of spring 

 runs enter, cooling pools in which there is a possibility that brown 

 trout may find favorable conditions on hot days. In case this 

 section is stocked, it should be watched by local anglers and the 

 result reported. 



Map 4B. This region ranks second in the number of miles of 

 trout streams and here as in Map 3B, brown trout waters pre- 

 dominate. Oneida and Chittenango creeks with the latter 's tribu- 

 tary, Butternut creek, constitute the largest area suitable for brown 

 trout. Tributaries 8 and 37 of Limestone creek are also important 

 brown trout streams. 



Onondaga creek from tributary 26 to source and Butternut from 

 39 to source are good fishing waters for brook trout, likewise 

 Munger brook and tributary 47, both of the Chittenango watershed. 

 The Butternut has an impassable dam at Apulia which prevents 

 brown trout from reaching the brook trout section above. All of 

 these streams are well provided with nursery runs. 



Going towards the southwest the inlet of Skaneateles lake is the 

 outstanding rainbow and brown trout stream. 



Entering Owasco lake at Long point, there is a small brook com- 

 ing down through a densely shaded gorge a distance of three- 

 quarters of a mile. Though small, it has been used by rainbows 

 for spawning during the last 30 years or more. They were first 

 noticed by the writer in 1898 and as studied during various sum- 

 mers up to 1915, it was possible to distinguish three different age 

 groups, namely, young of the year up to 2 inches long, yearlings 

 4 to 7 inches long and two-year-olds 10 to 12 inches. The longer 

 fish were very poorly nourished and much under weight. Also 

 there were very few of them, not more than five having been ob- 



