Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-07
LAKE GRORG ESALMON,
Preparing For Splendid Sport.

IA. N. Cheney In The Glsns Falls Star
 s. G. Worth, acting st s.ant to the Un- ited State Fish Commissionsr, in charge of the divison of fish culture, writes me that the first shipment of salmon will be made during the month of September next, and will consist of from O,00O to l5,00o asb, just what can be properly handled on one of the cars of the commission The salmon will come from the Green Lske matching station, and are of the up stream spawning race of salmon. Some salmon run down into the outlet streams to spawn, and some run up into the tributary s'resms, and I was particularly desirous that the latter should be sent to Lake George, and also that the sbipmsnt should be made in Sept enbsr, while the big steamers are run ning on the lake.
 Thus far have selected three streams in which to plant the yearlings: East Brook. at the head of the lake near Caldwell: Harris or Edmund's Brook, on the west of the lake about half way from Csld well to Bolton, and Indian Brook, flowing into Northwest Bay, bslow Bolton. shall ex- anime other streams when the ics Is out of the lake, and select two or three more that us EhiLaOu oS Ntu uletIlDu1tQ 10 l1- sure sufficient food for them until they go dol VII into the lake. Fifteen thousand yearling salmon may be roughly estimated as being equal to from 1 COG, GOO to5, 900, coo fry and they will require sn abundance of food before they go down into the lake to feed on the frosthsh and whitfsh. The streams already selected are trout streams, have DO mills on them, and are of such character as to psrmit the return of the salmon to them for spawning.
 It Is not generally known that rare Ash have already been planted in 6 tributary of lake George. and possibly this Is good time to make known what has hitherto been kept out of ths newspapers. I am a Arm believer that fish of any species reou ire fresh blood to maintain their six, and vigor. and l wrote e psp-r upon this snb | feet, which was read befo.e the American Fisheries Society in1SS5. The next year procured from the United States fish Commission 30, 900 lake trout fry, matched | from the eggs of Lake Michigan trout, and planted them in Lake George ss my con- tribution of fresh blood to the trout al. readyTin the lake. When this was done Captain Eliss Harris, of the steamer Tico derogs, told me that If I would procure
 the fry of other fish he would take charge | of them on arrival at Caldwell and plan, | them in tributary of Lake George. The \ next year I sent him 5. 900 land locked sal mon, $, 900 Loch Leven trout from Scot
 land and 9 900 German saibling. The Loct
 Lsysn trout is one of the handsomest and
 "gsmest" of the trout of Great Britain
 and Is esteemed by English anglers abov,
 all other trout with c habitat solely in fresi
 water. The German saibling also . hand
 some and "gsme" fish Is 6 true oharr lik, our brook trout.
 In 1889 I sent Captain Harris 500
 brown trout, the common brook or rive
 trout of Europe. This fish when hooked jumps from the water after the manner O
 our black bass. Another 5000 lot of thss
 fian intended for Captain Harris fount
 to be dsad or.dying when the car reachsS
 Glens Falla, and to save any that nigh
 be alive I took them from the car and the,
 were planted in Halfeay Brook. with littl
 expectation that they would survive. Ii three years from the time of this plant } saw one of the trout from the brook whiol weighed two pounds and fifteen ounces . In 1890 R. B. Msrston. Editor ot "Th Fishing Gszstte," published iu London : sent me as present 10000 eggs ot tn [ bsst strsIn of Hampshire trout. In oths 3 | words, the brown trout bred from selecte 5 parents, ssthey do ovsr there A portio , of these when hstohed by Colonel Ere . Msher, ct the Cold Spring Harbor statio [ went to Captain Harris with 5,0eo mol