Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-17
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II. q. Parker. Fish Commissioner Of
the State Of Nevada, has shovn . very
considerable degree OF vide-awaks sbil-
ity in the performance Of the duties Of
his peculiar Office and has made . ored-
liable showing thus far. His second
biennial report, for the years ls7s.So, 10
publishsd and from Il We condsnse the
following items Of interest:
On the adjournment Of the last Lsgisla-
turs ! had In the State hatching-house
over 3e0. 00e McCloud river salmon fry.
These. excepting the few thousand fer
Carssn river. I placed in the Truckee at
and near Rene.
From the nature Of this ash. fully an
other year will b required before many
make their appearance In the nsighbor.
| hood where planted. an convinced the
Truokss 10 q wsll adapted to the salmon
q the Columbia or MeCloud rivers.
In June, 1873. q weighing over three
pounds was taken In Pyramid lake, evil
IDENTIFY one Of the plant made BY the Cali
fornis Fish Commission In Prosser creek.
. tributary OF the Truckse, . year earlier
than my plant at Reno. This hsh was
forwarded me BY the party taking II. and
BY me In turn 70 Hon. B. B. Redding, Of
the California Fish Commission. who pre-
sented Il 10 the Academy Of Science at Ban
Francisco. 10 being the hrst believed 70 be-
long to the California plant.
Nothing can be moro satisfactory than
the evidence I have Of the increase and
growth Of the several lots Of catfish ! put
In washoe Lake and Carson. Truckee and
Humboldt rivers. WAshoe Lake 10 %
fully stocked and the fsh Of that sire and
vigor that further experiments would b
useless. Over 100 . day have been taken
by one fisherman, none less than fourteen
inches long and weighing from o pound
to one and Q half pounds.
or those planted In Carson river. ai
Schults's ranch, several have bsen caught
at woodford's, thirty miles up the river
from where deposited. and others sixty
miles down the river frsm place OF de.
posit; the latter having passed through all
the poisonous substances flowing into the
river from mining operations.
Advices from the Truckes and Humboldt
rivers warrant me In reporting equally a
favorably Is from those planted In washoe
LAX, and with another years growth, OF
ON the opening Of the rivers In the coming
spring, I have no h.sitancy In stating thai
good and profitable fishing may be had.
Having awaited ample time from two
10 three years-on experiments In trans
planting fsh into our waters before COM
meneing ON the very liberal appropriation
At my command. and sndeavoring to Ar
rive at the adaptability Of Nevada streams
to certain food fish. before jeopardizins q
single dollar Of the State funds. and hav'
ing such positive proof Of success with cat.
fsh, I opened correspondence with several
gentlemen In the eastern counties OF the
State IS to the public waters In their TO
s~pective localities. character Of water. ma
tive fish In same. II any. and general dis,
position Of residents to protect them should
expend State money In stocking theil
streams. Answers coming = fAvorably,
with pledges to organize sporting olubs to
more vigilAntly watch and prosecute viola,
tions Of tho Law. that In December. 1880,
!, distributed catfish aud Sacramento rivel
perch In wsshoe, Humboldt, Churchill
Lander, Eureka and Elko counties. IL
Nys and White Pine counties i planted
only catfish. The great distance to Mea
, dow Valley. In Lincoln county, and thu
very cold weather ct the time Of my AGENT
!. visit to the eastern part Of the State. pre-
vented him from forwarding any ish Il
4 Lincoln county. From the same cause
only q portion Of those forwarded TO Step
q toe Valley aad Curran creek reached thei,
destination In good condition. In all
plsntea hsh at sighty-ons different places
a Outside Of the Truckee and Humbold
, rivers, Pine creek and Newark Valley, th'
. plants were In lakes. sloughs, streams ant
y larger springs. but in every place publ
: waters. The parties receiving them beinl
= in moot cases gentlemen taking great prid
In having foreign fish introduced int
their communities, promised every res
, sonAbls effort TO protect them.
One Of my great aims has been to stocl
, our waters with the best species Of carr
. and with the very sufficient appropriation
ct my command I regret the causes tina
have occasioned the delay l new report
and trust the coming season will be NOR
. propitious to the ends ! have In view
Carp, a. food nsh, have no superior; whe
. our streams are stocked with them the pee
ple of the State will possess a. grand . luz
ury a. found In the waters Of those State
q celebrated for the abundance and vAriet
Of their fsh; besides, carp should be
. plentiful TO our people a. chickens to th
. table Of the prudent farmer; the fact {
n raising them In small ponds. say frol
twenty.iv feet and upwards square. or !
Q springs on the many farms In this Stat
renders this ash NEST popular and desir'
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- believe 10 better TO ego slow" ths
= mako mistakes. Matching. trsnsportiu
% and transplanting fish cannot be success
fully accomplished without some sIper
ments. or . practical knowledge OF Il
business and nature Of water into which
plant foreign fab. SO far - my know
edge extends. the warm and alkaline waite
Of this State are not injurious to the fish
: have placed in them; but to ascertain til
o required observations and time I hay
n taken.
Al With an appropriation Of S2s2l 6o, b
ing amount uneIpended Of the $4,000 o.
q preparation Of 1879. I will be enabled
" carry out all my plans and fully stock q
our lakes and streams with the kinds az
quality Of fish my experience has taugl
me to be best adapted to our waters.
., An American Amazon.