The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-07
ROD AND LINE.
a Fish Hatchery to Be Constructed at
Like MERGED.

Like MERGED.
Commissioner OF Fisheries Woodbury. has
been stocking lbe many streams adjacent 10 San
Francisco with the fry Of the Rainbow trout
this sumner. The COmmiss'cuc said that sew
erai go nd yos 1sA sore deposited In
aslers WATCH sfs llssegFed, but that large num-
Hsss at igF Besa also placed IN streams which
ts-d BY he public in general a few weeks
asJ 81 ,hipnlents hau been made streams ia
The si.lta cruz Mountains. Owing 10 Il 9 rough
county aud poor accommodations nunbe
of tie young fishes persisted, but those
that survived the journey proved 20
be as Feiy as cfekets wlei-oi 3asd .si sc cool
watf 4be mountaiE ,..svlns which empty
iaIo no Pescadero Greek. Ten Thousand young
rainbow trout lwere placed in the La,runitas
Greek about Tour miles below the San Rafael
WSie UOnTany's lake, withia close proximity 10
Toe Ha eria!I, The streams OF Livermore Valley
nlys $50 beeG stocked. TIE Commissioner and
his assistant. Mr.. Richardson, TOOK 900 600
eges ION shovel Creek t1is year, and n'crder
10 obi o ibi- extremely Large supply ffcU one
sc1tlrs iIey captured suMethlnG over iHuO
a0uh ine average weight q Thlct Is ~
hateae ---.uetvu next year at tn head
waters OF Late MERGED, where a COO stream
success Of The hatchery. Eggs Will be shipped
from Tahoe, SlssOn aud other parts Of the State
to this city, and when natched they can be easily
distributed In The country streams, thus keeping
up The supply which otherwise might become ex-
hausted IN few years under the present system
OF distribution.
The Grass Valley Tldings says: Only 800.
600 trout eggs, including $4,000 Of the rainbow
or MeCloud River trout, were hdtched at Tahoe
this year, where 100000 were expected.
About 10000 fry have been placed in DonDer
Lake aud 5000 in the headwaIers of the Truckee
River The rain bow fry have all been placed in
the same river. Black bass from Crystal Lake
re efvolr, near san Francisco. will be placed III
some OF tie lakes, II is expected.
NOW That tile Feather River Is free from slick
ems The trout have dropped down from the noun
tain streams into the deep water. and as a conse-
quenee anglers are having excellent snort. The
river near PIattyllle, Pumas County, Is said 10
contain magnificent trout. The largest caught
this summer weighed two and half pounds
Several trout averaging one pound In weight
have found their way into the baskets OF the an
siers VINO understand The ART OF fly fishing.
Inc Iruckee Republican of August 18th says:
Last Saturday Z. r. morrill, brought 10 some
big nsh hat were the center Of admiration
weighed 1877 pounds, being nearly an average Oh
seven pounds each. They were caught by
Stevens. Mckinney and Cannon IN White Rock
Lake, which is a small sheet OF water OF about
5ierras about four miles from Independence
Lake Ii Is the beadwaters OF the Yuba River,
lie outlet running down To F0rdyce Lake. IL Is
that these fish were planted in the lake
nearly twenty years ago in 1873 several par
les were engaged in distributing fish In that
'ection and placed few In the lake. They have
ieyer been moleSted until this time. Now the
AXE is alive with them, and II Is said that some
# the trout there weigh fifteen Or twenty pounds.
The place Is a wild Que and almost inaccessible.
george Mills has sheep-camp III the vicinity.
Another consignment OF fish is expected from
he same place tonight
The Commissioners OF Fish and Game Will
| unstead's charges against the Chief of the Fish
Patrol.