Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-04-17
DESTRUCTION OF TROUT.
Kew THE LARDKs OF THF FISH
sEAFsSEOYERS ARE NEUTRAL.
FEED.
High Time That The Law Was En-.
forced

| thousands OF dollars are expended
each year in stocking the waters of Cal
ifornia aud Nevada with game fish
Yet the increase in the streams is no
marked, from the fact thatssmen, either
through ignorance, careIessness or de
sign, destroy about tWo-t thirds Of the
fish as fast as they breed.
| sAWDUsT KILLING THE TROUT.
| One Of the most destructive agents
| that can be thrown in water is saWdust
in large quantities. Mr.. Wasson, the
Acting Indian Agent at Pyramid, says
: that unless the millmen stop throwing
| -awdust into the Trucle river the trout
will ultimately all be killed. He has
seen many sickly-Ioobing fish caught
at the reservation, and on examination
tain small PARTICLES Of sawdust which
had become lodged and produced & dis
ing the fishery in another way, by COW
ering up the spawning beds. Trout have
been entirely killed out in New England
streams by sawdust, and the extinction
Of the noble species of trout in the
Trucl1ee is only matter of time, if the
throwing Of sawdust into the river is
not stopped. Large deposits of it have
already formed at the mouth of the
river. a lack of fish ladders is another
cause of extensive mortality with the
trout. The ranchers along the Carson,
Truckee and Humboldt rivers build
dams, but in plain violation Of the law,
neglect to erect ladders, and the trout
caught at loW water between the dams
die in thousands. In some localities
tons of trout lie rotting in the sun
where they have been left in low water
because some mud headed or parsi- |
rancher would not spend a few
dollars for fish ladder. None of the |
District Attorneys near where these |
outrages are perpetrated take the slight
est notice of the matter
sPEARING THE SPAWNING FISH.
The APPEAL has received the follow
ing letter:
CARSON, April 1881.
ED. APPEAL: ! call your attention
% the faco that numbers of trout are
being speared in Lake Bigler. Parties
20 up the small tributaries of the lake
1t night and spear trout by the hun
lreds. This is the spawning season
Il 20 TO, |
wo thousand eggs Each one Of these
;pearing parties make a difference Of
hundred thousand fish which might be
sporting in the streams next season. |
IN in favor Of having the Sporting
Tub of this city make up a purse of,
ay $50, and give it as a reward for the
first man convicted of spearing trout.
LITTER FROM THE CALIFORNIA COM
MISSIONER.
A gentleman in this city has received |
he following letter from the Fish Com
missioner Of California.
DEAR SIR: Yours of the 9th instant
eceived. Who are the parties in inter- :
st that own the Advance Mill and
dining Company's ground and the dam
here? Who could | serve papers upon
o compel them to put in fish ladder?
f | could get their names / would see
hem Or write them and see if | cannot
10 something toward having a fish lad
er put in so as to allow the fish to pass:
do not know what can do about the
pearine of fish in Lake Tahoe. We
ave no officers there. The only way
suppose would be to place the whole
natter in the hands Of the local officers.
We have never put any trout in Lake
ahOe, but have put in few land I
,cked salmon, and over million white l.
81. If the local officers will give the U
natter some attention and see that the
wv is at all respected, we would eX-
end considerab Die of the States money
/ filling up Tahoe with valuable var il
ties of fish, bit there is not much use =
} do this W T.. there is no public !.
Onion to pre- - the destruction of .
sh. You: &. B. REDDING. u
Thus it appears that by the action Of -
few scaIawags who will not obey the
w the Fish Commissioners are deter
d from stocking the lake with trout.
ne APPEAL will publish the names Of y
" of the parties engaged in this bus j.
ess and the Sportsmen's Club of this 81
ty have determined to prosecute the "A
fendes to the full xt at of the law. :" q,