The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-12
FISH FOR JERSEYMBN
State Protector Shriner's
Monthly Report to the
Commissioners.
STOCKING THE STATES STREAMS
Trout, Pike, Perch and Channel
Catfish Placed in Rivers
and Lakes.
STOCKING THE STATES STREAMS

The State Fish and Game Protector,
Charles A. Shriner, of Paterson, has
submitted his monthly report to the
Board of Fish and Game Commissioners,
which is a most interesting document for
the amateur sportsman. During April,
3~5,656,243 smell fry which had been deyel-
oped In the State hatchery at Hacken-
sack, were distributed In the various
waters Of the State. Last year the fry
was placed only in the Hackensack and
Raritan Rivers. but this year it was
distributed in the Delaware, Raritan,
H~ackensdck. Culver's Lake, Greenwood
Lake, Browns Mills ponds, the Paterson
Reservoir, Echo Lake ana Swartswood
The introduction of the fry OF
snaelts into fresh water is still some
what of an experiment. Attempts at
landl0cking smeltS nave been made IN
yarious parts of the country with different
degrees of success or failure. Smelts
from the Hackensack hatchery We're in
PRODUCED into Otsego Lake, N. y, a num-
per Of years ago, and since tnat liine
these fish. In Lake Champlain the IN
PRODUCTION of smeIts was very successful
and here the young OF these flsh serve
the adult smelts supply both food and
sport for man.
Iandlocking smells invariably increases
OF Ofsego and Champlain ire
qlently exceeding two pounds in weight.
For the angler the young snlelt provides
a desirable bait and the adult fish excel
lent sport.
The work of the propagation of shad
is at present in progress in the Haeken-
have been developed and placed in the
Hackensack River, and there is little
doubt that this figure will be increased to
over three millions before the close OF the
season.
About the middle of May there was re-
ceived from the Pennsylvania hatchery
- -x-A-E l. ,tl n annnh or WE
Lake Hopatcong, Greenwood Lake.
Browns Mills Ponds, Echo Lake, Cedar
swartswood Lake. culver'g Lake. Jack
sons Pond and Haledon Ponds. AS an
article of food there are few fish that
qualities when taken fon the hook recon-
mend them to the angler. An attempt to
transport from Plymouth. 1000 fifteen
experiment will be tried again when the
weather is colder. The few survivors
nave been placed in a trout stream IN
space in the report is given to project 70
get rid of carp. It is settled that the
carp drive out the basses and many other
species of fish. but that the pix percn
and the channel catfish increase more than
ever despite the presence of the carp. An
attempt to transfer channel catfish Whlcn
bears little resemblance to the catnSn OF
Eastern waters was not a success. Inc
Commission, however, succeeded in getting
six here in good condition, ana they were
placed in one of the Paterson. reservoirs.
there they are accorded perfect protec-
ton, and there is no reason apparent why
they should not breed SO as to place with
in easy reach of the Commission "a supply
of these fish in a short time
In the report Mr.. Shriner says
THE project Of ultimately r ridding the ne
those unacquainted with carp, but never,
theless the trial Of the EEK experiment erin : tr Masl
N the meantime the experiment may be
lried on = small eI,,a scale nsra IN s sna c e 4 ouI
catfish live very well in the same water
with the bass, the p aoatar;ps an fha sae e peT wa.
fers from Which they have been driven
BY carp, and s at the IS sans f9sn time IS 'oea aadmg
aIluring. and I nave no doubt that the
efforts Of your honorable BODY oSyrd IN Th nf t qe
large majority of the residents m NeW
Jersey Interested in preseryirg ous nsaa
purity for which our waters We're Well
known previous to the Introduction OF