ACCLIMATIZATION OF FISH IN THE PACIFIC STATES. 
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THE VON BEHR TROUT. 
The fish resulting’ from 25,000 eggs of the Yon Behr or European brown trout 
( Salmo fario ), sent from Nortliville, Mich., to Fort Gaston, Cal., in January, 1892, were 
placed in California waters in 1893 and 1894. In 1893 the plants consisted of 10,700 
yearlings in Supply Mill and Fish Tang creeks, near Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County; 
50 yearlings in Three Creeks, near Hoopa V alley, Humboldt County, and 178 yearlings 
in Bed wood Creek, Humboldt County. The yearlings planted in 1894 were: 100 in 
Elk River, near Eureka; 981 in Larrabee Creek, a tributary of Eel River, and 2,715 
in the preserves of the Country Club in Marin County. In December, 1892, 300 year- 
ling fish from the Leadville station of the United States Fish Commission were supplied 
to an applicant in Idaho for planting in a private pond near Reynolds, Owyhee County. 
This fish occasionally reaches a weight of over 20 pounds, but the average is only 5 or 
6 pounds. 
THE LOCH LEVEN TROUT. 
In February, 1894, 20,000 eggs of the Scotch lake trout ( Salmo trutta levenensis) 
were sent to the California commission from the Nortliville station of the United 
States Fish Commission. The eggs were hatched at Sisson and the fry placed in a 
lake near the hatchery, to be retained as brood stock. Under date of December 6, 
1895, Mr. J. P. Babcock, of the California commission, writes that the fish have done 
well, and in July, 1895, 250, about 3 inches long, were deposited in Webber Lake, 
Nevada County. Several thousand are supposed to be still on hand at Sisson. The 
Loch Leven trout is very similar to the brown trout in size and appearance. 
THE LAKE TROUT. 
Attempts have been made to introduce the lake trout ( Salvelinus namaycush) into 
California and Nevada. This fish is also known as the salmon trout or Mackinaw 
trout. From the commercial standpoint, it is the most valuable of the so-called trouts 
of the United States. It is generally distributed in the Great Lakes, being especially 
abundant in lakes Superior, Michigan, and Huron. In 1893 over 15,000,000 pounds 
were taken in the Great Lakes, for which the fishermen received more than $600,000. 
The fish attains a large size, and is an excellent game and food fish. It is adapted to 
clear, cold, deep lakes, in which it has been known to reach a weight of 90 pounds. 
In November, 1894, the United States Fish Commission sent 100,000 lake-trout 
eggs to the California fish commission. The eggs were hatched with a loss of only 
about 7 per cent, and in May, 1895, 65,000 fry were placed in Lake Tahoe, the remainder 
being retained at the Sisson hatchery. 
In 1885 the United States Fish Commission sent 100,000 eggs to the Nevada fish 
commission. One lot of 25,000 eggs was lost in transit, but the other arrived in good 
condition. In December, 1 889, the Nevada commissioner received another consignment 
of 30,000 eggs, which were hatched with little loss. The State reports do not show 
where these fry were planted, and no data are at hand giving the results of the early 
plants, but Mr. George T. Mills, fish commissioner of Nevada, states that the lake- trout 
fry planted in 1889 have done well and are multiplying. They were planted mostly in 
Lake Tahoe and are now occasionally taken by the fishermen of that lake. The largest 
Mr. Mills has any account of weighed 11 pounds; this is above the average of trout 
now taken in the Great Lakes. 
F. C. B. 1895—28 
