Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-11-14
Liberal Distribution of Many Va
rieties by the U. S. Fish
Commission.
STURGEON AND BLACK BASS
Among the More Recent Varieties De-
livered by the Governme nt-Great
Number of Pike P ch-Tnousands
of Brook Trout Sent to ALL
Parts Of the State,

I Washington, D. c., Nov. 12.-Many little
fishes went into the diversified waters OF
the Green Mountain State during the Last
fiscal year. thanks to the gcn,r oslty of
tie United States Fish Commission ana III,
thoughtfulness of Ncrmont's Senators AMI
ReprcsentatiNc in looking alter the in,,r-
csts Of their constituents. These fl hes
We're of a great variety and not all If
them were little fishes, for 10000 fry and
lingering Sturg, on went into the MI is
quot river where they are eXpcc,ed to
grow to enormous size and recruit tn,
stock of sturgt on, which abOundS In nut
few rivers of the country, among VIII. II
is the Mssisquoi and LamOilie, III YER
mont, ana the Delaware river betw. en-
New Jersey and Penn ylVana. The Jui-
g ter States Fish Commission has found
great difficulty in rcplenishing the SUR
gcon rivers, for these enormous fish 10
! not yield the eggs readily ana after he
| eggs are obtained they are not easily
| Matched. as far as the experience Of hsh
scientists has proven. The difficulty
about getting the spawn or eggs of he
/ sturgeon is that the females begin to s.
gorge the eggs Immediately when they
are caught. however there are thousands
of the young sturgeon growing in he
| Missisquoi river for the anglers of YER
| mont.
Another departure in fishes for the
|
ted States Fish Commission has al led
materially the past fiscal year, is in the
! stock of plkc-perCh, "a cross between pike
! and perch. in which the hsh cXper s have
| much faith. The Vermont Fish Comm is
! sion 1T st Johnsbury was supplied Dur
| ing the fiscal year. which will be cover a
/ by report soon from United states Fish
( Commissioner Bowers, with $3.50 900 fly
and ingoring Of this species. If quar-
| ter Of these grow to maturity the lily PAD
of Vermont streams and lakes will SIM
ply b" SWarming with gamey denizen Of
/ IN" fresh water.
/ Generally the New England lakes and
rivers have been supplied with trout anl
salmon, but til" past year the Nern ont
people were given 1000 yearling bass
/ which We're distributed, 100 each, as fol-
/ lows: North Pond at johnson. Vt. Hin =
bureh Pond at Williston, Mill Pond ut
! South Londonderry. Great Back Bay AL
st. Adams, and Lake Hortonia at Bran
don.
THE TROUT FAMILY.
summary of tho other little lis IS
sent to Vermont during the year sh VS.:
Land locked salmon, 49, 200 eggs and y 81
Niul;s and NcarlinSs; steelhead trout. H.
500 adults and Nearlings; RAINBOW trout
-TS; brook trout $500 fry and nngerli =
ana 2i9H adults and Yelrings; axe
trout 300 600 eggs, 10000 fry a i
tns1 Rings; Cravings, 1896 adults aud
yearnss. Ardent fisherman that he !s.
Senator Proctor, should all the fish ;
grow which have been planted in tha
Waters adjoining his home town will lie
@bIr to ma good angling during his do
Ginning years almost At his front doorst D
ana without long Iourn vs. to the All-saSl
IN New Brunswick ana to other distant
PARTS In Beaver pond At Proctor. the
fish con- mission of the United States last