26 REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 
Whitney Hatchery. Arrangements were made to load the car at Lone 
Pine, and the two 3-ton auto trucks, which had been especially designed 
for the purpose, transported the fish from the hatchery across the desert 
to the ear in record time. Favorable railroad connections were made, 
thus eliminating long delays, and the fish all reached the streams in 
less time and in better condition than in previous seasons, after the 
long hard trip from the Mount Shasta Hatchery. 
One of the most important plantings of fish during the season was the 
stocking, by the employees of this department, of the 60 Lakes Basin 
with steelhead trout fry from Mount Whitney Hatchery. The 60 Lakes 
Basin is composed of a main chain of lakes supplemented by numerous 
large lakes, some of which are from 20 to 40 acres in extent, located on 
benches, and draws that flow into the lower system. The lakes below 
afford excellent spawning ground, and through most of them the fish 
can swim from one lake to another for a distance of nearly three miles. 
Two shipments of fish were taken from the hatchery by pack train and 
the fry liberated in the main lakes. In all, about 20,000 steelhead trout 
were planted. 
Rainbow Trout. 
A reference to the statistical tables for 1916 and 1917 on pages 73 
and 77 of this report, shows that rainbow trout, 2,044,000 in 1916 and 
3,040,000 in 1917, were distributed from Mount Shasta Hatchery. In 
1917, 317,000 trout of this species were distributed from Mount Whit- 
ney Hatchery. In 1916 and 1917, 209,000 and 241,000 rainbow were 
Jiberated in the streams of the Tahoe region from the Tahoe hatcheries. 
From Fort Seward Hatchery, 94,000 and 148,000 were planted in Del 
Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity counties. Bear Lake Hatch- 
ery furnished 750,000 and 874,000 in the two years for the streams of 
San Bernardino County. From Almanor Hatchery were liberated 
301,000 and 335,000 rainbow fry in Lassen and Plumas counties during 
the above period, while 126,000 fish of this species were planted in the 
waters of these counties in 1917 from Domingo Springs Hatchery. 
Wawona Hatchery, which had not been operated during the three pre- 
ceding seasons, was reopened in 1917. Eggs of the rainbow and 
steelhead trout were shipped to the station and the resulting fry, to the 
number of 147,000 rainbow and 68,000 steelhead were distributed in 
the streams of Madera and Mariposa counties. 
By referring to the reports, it will be noted that in 1916 a total of 
3,399,000 rainbow fry were distributed from all the hatcheries. In 
1917 this number was increased to 5,223,000. This increase of nearly 
two million was made possible by our efforts to increase production to 
keep pace with the demands, through the acquisition of new hatcheries 
and egg collecting stations. 
