Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-03
FISH. IN LAKE DUNMORE.
Commissioner Iitcomb Tells What Has
Been Done to Stock the Lake.

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Been Done to Stock the Lake.
commissioner Titcomb informs us to
the plants Of the State and u. S. Fish
C admissions with reference to the in
PRODUCTION of land-locked salmon in YER
mont as follows: Four lakes have been
selected, namely, Lakes Dunmore in
Salisbury, Willoughby in Westmore,
Morey in Fairlee and Caspian in Greens.
boro for the introduction of these fish,
The fish are planted as "fingerllngs,"
which means that they have attained a
size of from four to five inches in length.
The state commission is devoting its
energies in this respect 10 Lake Morey
IN Fairlee aid the U. S. Fish commission
are making their plants in the other
three lakes above mentioned.
Up to 1890, the reports of the Vermont
Fish commission contained no records of
the distribution of fish and the present
commissioners are unable to 81 cure any
data upon which to base their plans for
future work. No land-locked salmon
have been planted in Lake Dunmore
since 1890 until last year. We have no
records of land blocked salmon plants
previous to 1890. The commissioners re-
port that at some date previous TO 1890
land-locked salmon were introduced in
Lake Dunmore, but in all probability
they were planted as fry. If planted as
fry in lake so well stocked not only
with such predaceOus fishes as pickerel,
bass and perch, but also with quantities
of smaller fish, little or no good results
could be expected. The introduction of
land-locked salmon in lakes of Maine to
which they were not indigenous has
been very successful, although it appears
that it is impossible to foretell the re-
suits of such plants and, while their in
PRODUCTION in some waters result in good
fishing, they disappear entirely from
other waters which appear to have the
same qualifications for their successful
growth. In the case of Lake Dunmore,
it is impossible to predict whether the
fish will remain and become wOnted to
the lake or NOT, but such beautiful
sheet of water which appears to have all
the naturally good qualifications for the
successful propagation of salmon is
worthy of some expense to definitely
demonstrate what can be done with it.
While the lake trout or "fork-tail," as
it is commonly called is a very desirable
food fish, it doesn't furnish much plea
sure to the sportsman except for few
weeks in June, when it can be caught at
the surface Of the lake. The land locked
salmon does not have the spawning
grounds and in no manner interferes
with the lake trout, while it attains Just
as large growth and is exceedingly
gamey. 1t has been successfully in
troduced in a few lakes in New Hamp-
shire, and as result these lakes attract
many summer visitors who would not
otherwise frequent their shores. 1t may
be found necessary to screen the outlet
of Lake Dunmore as has become neces-
sary with some of the lakes in Maine and
New Hampshire, for the reason that the
lanc-locked salmon has tendency to
run out to seek the ocean in spite of the
fact that it is a great many years since it
was land-locked. and, while 1t is general
" believed that this fish originally de-
scended from the Atlantic salmon and
became landlocked through some up
heaval in nature, this belief is some
times disputed by iethyologists.
The land-locked salmon will not inter
fere with the lake trout any.-Brandon
Union.