74 Appendices to Twenty-fifth Annual Report 



Sea Trout. 



A few interesting recaptures of sea trout have been made. 



No. 



Lbs. 



Inches. 



Condition. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Where Caught. 



326 



{ 



n 



4 



22 

 21 



Kelt. 

 Clean. 



F. 

 F. 



1.1th October 1904. 

 12th July 1906. 



Lns? Water. 



Clyde, at Leven 

 mouth ; in very 

 poor condition. 



340 



{ 



14 



3^ 



m 



Kelt. 

 Unspent. 



M. 

 M. 



24th October 1Q04. 

 17th October 1906. 



Luss Water. 

 Luss Water. 



330 



I 



2 



20 

 22 



Kelt. 

 Clean. 



F. 

 F. 



21st October 1904. 

 21st August 1906. 



Loss Water. 

 Loch Lomond. 



The fish were marked after being stripped for the hatchery of the 

 Loch Lomond Angling Association. 



Finnock to Sea Trout. 



It will be in the recollection of some that an argument arose some 

 years ago in the Sheriff Court in Aberdeen as to whether or not finnock, 

 which are abundant in the Dee and neighbouring rivers, are the young 

 of the sea trout. I supplied a number of short lengths of silver wire 

 which I had prepared for smolt-marking in the early experiments in the 

 Tay, but which had proved to be too heavy for smolts, to Mr. Mackay, 

 an Aberdeen angler, who kindly volunteered to distribute the wires 

 amongst local finnock anglers. One recapture has been reported and 

 seems to me to offer good proof of the assertion that the finnock is the 

 young of the sea trout. 



The finnock in question was estimated, from an average of 20 finnock 

 kelts marked by Mr. James Meff, to be k lb. in weight. These 20 

 finnocks were marked during April and May 1906. Individual wires 

 were not distinguishable. The particulars of marking and recapture 

 are :- — 



^lb. : kelt : April or May 1906 : Lower Dee : finnock. 

 2|lbs. : clean : 14 July 1906 : Lower Dee : a sea trout. 



The sea trout was captured in one of the sweep nets of the Aberdeen 

 Harbour Commissioners, and is described in the letter to me from Mr. 

 Mackay as "a beautifully-shaped trout." 



