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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 2, 1911. 
Trout Hatching in the Northwest. 
In his last biennial report John L. Riseland, 
fish and game commissioner of the State of 
Washington, gives valuable data relative to the 
hatcheries of that State. Some of the reports 
would, if written up, furnish exciting reading, 
telling as they might do of the hardships and 
disappointments with which the superintendents 
have to contend. Instead, the losses through 
drouth and flood, not only of a station’s hatch, 
but the entire equipment as well, is reported in 
the most matter-of-fact fashion. Of the salmon 
Mr. Riseland says: 
With twelve hatcheries in first class working 
order, and each of them turning out as many 
salmon fry in the future as in the past, and with 
the good work that is being done by the U. S. 
Bureau of Fisheries, tributary to Puget Sound, 
the hatcheries of the Puget Sound district should 
be able to keep up the supply of salmon in these 
waters indefinitely. 
In his review of the trout hatcheries he says, 
in part: 
The department’s work with our trout hatch¬ 
eries has been all that could be asked. Millions 
of trout of the different varieties have been dis¬ 
tributed throughout the State, and many streams 
and lakes in the different counties have been 
stocked with the gamiest and most delicious 
species of the trout family. While it is regretted 
by this department that the Legislature saw fit 
to cut the appropriation asked for to enal le 
us to carry on this work, we will do the best 
we can on the money allowed us. 
It is also to be regretted that another trout 
hatchery could not be established on the west 
side of the mountains, as there are a great many 
streams and lakes that need restocking in many 
of the counties on the west side. While our 
operations will be somewhat curtailed by a lack 
of funds, we will do the best we can under the 
circumstances. 
The Lake Chelan trout hatchery has again 
proved everything that has been claimed for it. 
It is certainly a splendid plant and beside keep¬ 
ing Lake Chelan well stocked it has been the 
means of some of the other lakes in the State 
being stocked with these beautiful trout. Located 
at the head of picturesque Lake Chelan, sur¬ 
rounded by snow-capped mountains, with the 
coldest and clearest of mountain streams furnish¬ 
ing the water supply for the hatchery, it is not 
to be wondered at that this plant propagates 
trout that are inferior to none in the world. 
Equipped with all modern apparatus the Lake 
Chelan hatchery is a credit to our State, and we 
expect the output to be larger this season than 
any year since the plant has been in operation. 
From the troughs of the Little Spokane trout 
hatchery more trout have been distributed 
throughout the counties east of the mountains 
during the past two years than ever before. The 
department has purchased millions of eggs of 
the delicious and gamy Eastern brook trout and 
had the same shipped to the Little Spokane 
hatcherv where they were hatched out and cared 
for and when ready to plant were distributed in 
many streams in the different counties east of 
the mountains. 
Beside the Eastern brook trout hatched there, 
a good many Lake Chelan trout eggs were ship¬ 
ped to this plant which resulted in many of the 
lakes in other counties being stocked with these 
splendid trout. 
Quite an amount of cut-throat and rainbow 
trout spawn was taken from streams near the 
hatchery and planted in the different streams in 
the counties east of the mountains. 
While, on account of lack of funds we will 
have to practice the strictest economy in the 
WHAT TWO TROUT ATE. 
Stomachs and contents of two trout taken by the 
Washington State Commission. Included were ninety 
loyal Chinook salmon. 
future, the Little Spokane trout hatchery will 
continue to do good work. Everything around 
the plant is in good shape and very little money 
will have to be used for improvements or re¬ 
pairs. 
The Walla Walla trout hatchery has proved 
itself a good plant. It is situated in a part of 
the State where it is convenient to ship the fry 
hatched out and cared for there to many places 
where it would be impossible to supply trout 
from the Little Spokane hatchery. Located in 
one of the oldest settled parts of the State, the 
streams in that vicinity have been pretty well 
fished out and they need restocking very much. 
The plant has done good work and many streams 
and lakes that could be reached from that point 
have been restocked. All varieties of trout have 
been batched out and cared for at this plant and 
distributed to various points in the State near by. 
The department feels very keenly the loss of 
our late superintendent at this plant, Ben Wolf, 
as he always gave the greatest satisfaction to 
this department. 
Kettle Falls trout hatchery. Owing to the 
Legislature failing to provide any appropriation, 
this part of the State will have to depend on 
trout shipped from the Little Spokane hatchery. 
Notwithstanding this handicap the department 
will endeavor to supply this part of the State 
with a goodly portion of the best species of trout 
handled at the Little Spokane hatchery. Al¬ 
though we cannot do as much as we wish, we 
will do our best in this matter. 
The establishing of the Lewis River trout 
hatchery in the southwest part of the State has 
filled a long-felt want. That this fact is duly 
appreciated by the people in that locality is 
proved by the fact that when the department 
was out of funds, Clarke county came to our 
rescue and donated sufficient money to carry on 
the work for the one month we were short. 
These same people, by their efforts, interested 
the Congressman from their district and secured 
100,000 trout eggs from the United States 
Bureau of Fisheries. This kind of a spirit 
makes it a pleasure to operate in a community 
of this kind. 
The Lewis River hatchery has proved an un¬ 
qualified success, and this department congratu¬ 
lates itself on the way this plant was constructed 
and operated, with the assistance of Clarke 
county in the one month mentioned. The hatch¬ 
ery was built, land and water rights secured, 
spawn purchased, and trout hatched and dis¬ 
tributed in the waters of seven different counties 
on an appropriation of $3,000. This is certainly 
good work. 
The hatchery is in first class shape, and quite 
a number of young trout are now in the troughs. 
The ground and surroundings have been beau¬ 
tified, and it is to-day one of the most attrac¬ 
tive locations in the State. We predict that this 
hatchery will always do good work. 
A Cool Retreat. 
Harwichport, Mass., Aug. 26. —Editor Forest 
and Stream: This pretty little Cape Cod village 
is situated midway between Buzzard’s Bay and 
Provincetown, sheltered by a heel of land at 
Chatham from the great combers that pile over 
Pollock Rip, known as the “graveyard of the 
Atlantic.” Nantucket, twenty-eight miles off¬ 
shore, of course helps some in breaking up the 
sweep of storms from the southwest. A long 
finger of sand, extending nine miles from 
Chatham due west, called Monomoy, shuts us 
in further, so that Harwichport is a snug little 
spot to sail and fish from. 
Fish are here aplenty. Bluefish are caught 
trolling, while scup, tautog and sea bass keep 
you busy on the ledge five miles offshore. It is 
no uncommon thing to bring in 200 pounds of 
these fish to eight lines in three hours. Scal¬ 
lops and soft clams are yours for the gathering. 
Parties are occasionally made up for turbot and 
pollock fishing ten miles off Monomoy, and good 
catches are made, but those with squeamish 
stomachs who go on these trips beware of “old 
white ears” who is sure to come aboard. 
While things were sizzling at white heat in 
New York in July, there was no night here that 
did not call for bed coverings. I hope some 
who are looking for just such a p’ace as Har¬ 
wichport will profit by this letter. 
Chas. G. Blandford. 
