Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-12-22
Fish...Report Of the Com mi..ioner.,

1t appears from the biennial report of Iii
ram A. Cutting, of Lunenburg, and Herbert
Brainard of st. Adams, fish commissioners
for the State of Vermont, that the attempt to
stock the ponds, rivers and streams with
trout and other fish Of the genus Salmo, with
young fry from eggs artiticially Matched, has
not been a success.
One hundred and sixty thousand yong
Penobscot salmon were put into the rivers of
the state in 1874 They were distributed in
four rivers: the Connecticut, the Lamolle
the White, and the Dog river. Nine hun
drcd and twenty thousand of the same fish
were also placed in the Connecticut by aid of
the commissioners Of Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Connecticut, acting with the
commissioners Of this state Ten thousand
Of these were put into Saxtons river at Rock
ingham, and several other Vermont branches
of the Connecticut were stocked with from
ten thousand to fifty thousand each. The
commissioners report that while the salmon
have grown up to maturity and weigh ten or
twelve pounds, ''they do not seem to increase
and are seldom taken, even near the sea.
We think it would require a searching inves-
tigation to prove that half dozen are living,
any part of the year, in the waters of this
state. The experiments with this kind of
fish were failure.
Eleven hundred and scventy-fvc thousand
shad were deposited in our waters the same
year-1S74. These were distributed in sew
eral rivers of the state, but large share Of
them were placed in the Connecticut near
Bellows Falls. One hundred thousand were
put into the West river, and the same num-
Der into Saxtons river. The fish commission
ers state that the shad have been "quite sue
cessfu in their increase, but do not meet with
great praise, as they are not generally consid-
cred desirable either to catch with the hook
and line or for table USE How many are
caught in this state, where and when;
From 1875 up to the present year the
stocking Of rivers and ponds in the state with
black bass has been in progress. Only few,
| generally less than a hundred, have been
placed in each, with the exception of the Bat
tenlill river, which has received fifty thous-
and. The commissioners say ''the bass in
suitable ponds have all been a success, and
are much called for by the people, as they are
a good table fish of rapid growth and increase;
they are doubtless as desirable as any fish we
| have
Thirty black bass were put in the Ray
Pond, Wilmington in 1876, and the same
number at the same time in North pond,
Marlboro. Marlboro South pond was stocked
with two thousand young land-locked sal
mon last September. About fifty thousand
| Of these-land locked salmon-have been dis
tributed in ponds throughout the state dur
ing the past year. Wall-eyed pike have
within the past three or four years, been cul
| tiyated to some extent, and in some ponds
where few have been placed they have in
creased wonderfully.
Attention is called to the large number OF
ponds in the state which may be supposed tc
be suitable for stocking with one or another
kind of fish. Those in Windham county are
Athens pond, 50 acres; Jamaica pond, 5C
acres Adams pond, Jamaica, so acres NORTH
pond, Marlboro, 800 acres; South pond
Marlboro, 800 acres CIRCUITS pond, Stratton
100 acres Jones pond, Stratton, 100 acres
White Lily pond, Vernon, 100 acres Lily
pond Westminster, 80 acres Sadawga pond
Nottingham, 300 acres Roberts pond, Whit
ingham, 100 acres Jacksonville pond, Whit
ingham, 70 acres Rays pond, Wilmington
$50 acres Haystack pond, Wilmington, IS.
In the opinion of the commissioners
'three or four cheap trout hatcheries would b,
OF great benefit, as through them our brook
could be restocked, and the fishing greatly
enhanced, and the result would be q large
profit on the outlay"