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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Notes on breeding season of fresh-water smelt — Continued 
Locality 
Season 
Authority and Remarks 
Sebago Lake, Me 1 
Full moon of April 
Meserve (in 1898). 
Paul (in 1901). 
Paul (in 1906). 
Moses (in 1910). 
Moses (in 1901). 
Do 
Apr. 13 and later, small form. 
Do 
As soon as the ice is out, large form 
Do..- 
Apr. 11 L ... ... 
Panther Pond 
Apr. 28 or 29 
Rangeley Lakes, Me 
Apr. 30. . ... 
Do 
From time ice is out 
Maine Woods, 1905. 
Do 
Middle of May 
Maine Woodsi 1907. 
Maine Woods, 1910. 
A. D. Merrill (in 1900). 
Do. 
Apr. 21 and later 
Lake Auburn 
Just after the ice is out 
Sebattus Pond 
Apr. 30... . 
Wilton Pond 
May 1... 
Do. 
Cobbosseecontee Lake 
Apr. 30 
Do. 
Do. . . 
Do. 
Jamies Pond 
May 4 and 5 
Do. 
Do... 
May 13 
Atkins (notes 1875). 
Atkins (notes, 1878). 
Do. 
Great Pond 
Apr. 14 to 23 
Do.. 
Apr. 22 to 26 
Do 
Apr. 12 to 19 
Do'. 
Do. 
Apr. 16 to 18 
Do. 
Do... 
Atkins 1869. 
Cochnewagn Pond__ 
May 7, last of run 
Atkins (notes, 1875). 
Atkins (notes, 1878). 
Packard (in 1901). 
Atkins (notes, 1878). 
Atkins (notes, 1903). 
Race (in 1906). 
Do. 
do...;. 
Apr. 30 
SebecLake.. 
As early as April or even in March 
Toddy Pond ... 
Apr. 16', very few left 
Do 
Apr. 18, first spent male 
Green Lake, Me 
Mar. 28 and 29, large form. 
Do. . 
May 7, small form 
Do 
Mar. 25 to Apr 15, large form _ . __ 
Story (in 1921). 
Do. 
Do 
May 5 to May 20, small form 
Do 
Mar. 25 to Apr. 15, large form 
De Rocher (in 1922). 
Do. 
Do 
May 5 to May 20, small form _ 
Do 
Apr. 1 to Apr. 20, large form 
De Rocher (in 1923). 
Do. 
Do 
May 10 to May 13, small form 
Sisladobsis Lake 
Atkins (notes, 1879). 
Greaser (1925) writes that spawning takes place at Crystal Lake before the ice 
breaks up in the lake as a whole. In 1923 the spawning started on April 10, which 
was somewhat later than in 1922, when it was all over by April 8. The run of 1925 
was very heavy and was concentrated over the period of April 2 to April 8. At 
Beulah the smelt ran up a small permanent stream known to the residents as Cold 
Creek. This stream is not over a mile long and has its headwaters in a cedar bog; 
in the portion used by the smelt it flows through the village and enters the south 
end of the Lake. 
SPAWNING HABITS 
At Sunapee Lake efforts were made, night and day, by the present writer to 
ascertain if there were any peculiar habits or movements connected with the spawn- 
ing. The following is a detailed account of the observations made: 
The first observations were made on the night of April 15, 1910, when smelts 
were found making their way some distance above the mouth of the brook at the 
outer edge of the beach. After reaching the head of the channel they seemed to 
have some hesitation about entering the dead water above, swimming back for a 
short distance several times before going in. But this action may have been due 
wholly or in part to the lantern or the writer standing near the place. Whenever 
startled by anyone approaching the brook they would run down a short distance, 
but when “dipped” at with nets they strove to get upstream notwithstanding 
efforts made to drive them back by splashing the water in the brook. 
