Report of Fish Commissioners. 
477 
“ As to the disposition of the fish when hatched, we are told that 
it is probable that when a few weeks old some of them will be put 
into the interior lakes of the State, such as the Madison lakes, Ge¬ 
neva Lake, and Green Lake, but the majority will be put into Green 
Bay. Another appropriation should be made by the State this 
winter, and should it he made with anything like the liberality that 
the importance of the subject demands, it is likely that permanent 
buildings will be erected at Pensaukee and the process of fish-hatch¬ 
ing be carried on to a much larger extent. Meanwhile the Com¬ 
missioners rely on the generosity of Mr. F. B. Gardner. 
“We understand that Mr. Gardner intends, on his own responsi- 
bility r , putting in one hatching-trough for brook-trout. 
a To the Fish Commissioners of the State of Wisconsin: 
“ Having been sent by you to this place (Pensaukee) to build a 
hatching-house and get what lake-trout and whith-fish spawn I 
could obtain, I proceeded as follows: It was late in the season when 
I arrived here, October 14; had then everything necessary for the 
business to obtain and arrange it in shape to take spawn, which 
was finished on the 22d of October, but as yet the fishermen were 
taking no trout. I was then ordered by you to examine the differ¬ 
ent fisheries on the bay, which I did, and found that none of the 
fishermen were catching any trout on either shore. On inquiring, 
found that it was an uncommon occurence, as the fisherman claim 
good catches of trout during the spawning season in past years. 
The reason they assign for not taking the trout this year is, that 
they have changed their spawning-beds into very shallow or very 
deep water, where the nets are not set; this reason, I think, holds 
good, as the fishermen all had fair catches of trout from the 3d 
of November (too late to get spawn) until the season closed. On 
seeing that I could get no trout-spawn, I turned my attention to 
white-fish, and on November 2 made my first trip after their spawn, 
and found them not ready yet; on the 5th I got about 25,000 spawn 
and could have taken many more if the males had been in propor¬ 
tion to the females. The catch was about 300 white-fish besides 
the usual catch of herrings. The white-fish were nearly all females 
but a very few males; they ran in this way two or three days, and 
then it changed to males, with hardly an exception, which lasted 
