The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-12
PROJECTION OF GAME.


The report of Mr.. Charles A. Shriner,
| stare Fish and Game Protector for De-
| cember, 1897, has been flied with the Board
| of Fish and Game Commissioners of the
| State of New Jersey. Mr.. Shriner says
| that thirty-two thousand brook trout,
| from two to five and a half inches in
length, were distributed during the
month.
Sixteen hundred rainbow trout, received
through the courtesy of the Flat Brook
Club of Sussex county, We're divided be-
tween the Pequest at Andover in Sussex
county on application of Frank stray
and the Musconetcong, near Hacketts-
town in Warren county. on the application
of C. B. MeCracken.
The rainbow trout is a new fish for the
waters of New Jersey. Although several
lots have been sent to this State by the
United States Fish Commissioners in years
past, no successful results have ATTENDED,
the transplanting of the fish, due IN most
cases to the fact that they were placed III
water not suited to them. Although
slightly inferior, both for the angler ana
for the table, TO the native WIG trout,
they are admirably adapted to streams
the temperature of which at time rises
too hig to support the life OF the IN
digenous trout. Rainbow trout nave
been known to thrive in water frequently
reaching a temperature as high as sew
enty-two degrees, and there are instances
recorded where they did not succump TO d
temperature of e~ighty-ffve kept up Tor
several days. A number of streams IN
New Jersey have been rendered unsuitaple
for our own trout by reason OF the cutting
down of forests along the banks; IN such
there is every reason to expect that the
rainbow trout will do well. In appearance
they very much resemble the lnaiselous
trout, but are of stouter build: they IN,
crease in weight far more rapluly anu
grow to a considerably larger size. Al
though their introduction INTO good .fout
streams is not generally advocated py
ishculturiSts. nevertheless there are a
number of streams in New Jersey aeserteu
by the Indigenous trout where the 0an-
fornia variety may be expected TO 90 Wen;
Unfortunately for the more EXTENDED
trial of their Introduction into TINS Slate'
the arrangements made by the Commls-
sion for the purchase of a conSluefaple
number of these trout fell through, to the
chagrin of a number of citizens VINO were
ready to extend a welcome to the western
immigrant.
The netting of indigenous fresh water
fish out of the Delaware and Raritan
canal has not been very successful so iar.
owing to the fact that the water was not
drawn off at the time anticipated. Inc re-
suit of the netting so far has been
ninety-six black bass, thirty-tWo plckerel,
sixty yellow perch and sixty white perch
These fish were nearly all adults, some OF
considerable size; the entire lot was dl-
vided between the Fitzhugh stream at
Hustled station and the Tumbling Dam
pond, near Bridgeton; both these waters
are located in Cumberland County.
A consignment of two hundred black
bass received from the United States Fish
Commissioner for Lake Hopatcong We're
placed in the sheet of water indicated.
For the purpose of supplying more food
for the fish in Culver's pond, twenty
thousand baitfish were placed in that
pond.
Seventeen persons were prosecuted for
violations of the game laws.