New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-16
FISH B4TCHJNG IN ADIROND4CKs.
HOW THE STATE STOCKS STREAMS AND
LAKES FOR THE SPORTsMEN-

A. .hts season of the wear young fish Matched
and nut into the streams and the twelve hundreo
lakes of the great North Woods. Few OF the eager
seekers after hnny prey appreciate the fact that
the State Of New-York expends on an average OF
s2s 900 a year for the maintenance OF hsh hatch-
cries and game laws which furnish sport In sea-
son to the thousands who seek the Adironoaehs
for recreation and amusement
There are in this State no less than Twelve nsh
hatcheries producing for the most part different
varieties of fish, of the most important OF
which is situated Saranac Lake, ABOUT hiIeen
miles from the village of that name
One OF the Matching stations. built at cost OF
s1o on0 has done good in the destruction OF I'M
lawful appliances for the catching OF fish, sucn as
seInes fyxe nets trap nets. gill nets squat nets
pound nets, tip ups. dip nets. spears and set lines
the number OF 2IOo IN one year. 'dlueu a' S-''
SIS
The Adirondack hatchery is considered the most
valuable in the state. we'll as an unsurpassed
distributing point 1t is situated in the heart OF
the Adirondacks. within easy reach OF its num-
heress chains of lakes and convenient TO the brooks
and rivers which feed them and which furnish
nurseries for the young fish.
The hatchery runs and inch iron pipes from
the building to the bottom of Little Clear Lake.
where the water is fifty feet deep. and its tenn
perature stands at A. degrees all the year nor
varying more than four degrees. This Is an ideal
Year this novel incubator turned 20o1oOoo
whitefsh and 100000 frosfsh. to say nothing OF
The fish hatched in the twelve stations brook
trout pr0 Tsbros trout Whitefsh. fresh water
shrimp cscoes. large mouth black bass, piGkerei'
yellow perch. tomcods. smet. Holsters shad ana
herring sheqsn are moi sn5 tb ae e at which
the other fish are distributed are fry nnseEHngs,
yearllngs and older up TO fourteen and fifteen
months ,,,. ~, only sort
in glass jars or else in boxes with douole "Ie
screen al tne oWeveT that nearly twice as many
fish Matched In Jars as in boxes, these s fS
hold four Quarts, and are in general use Black
6sSs h5 5een dS Saehed have
made for them in which they deposit their eggs
ihair Salvation that the last distribution numbered
1850 black bass, larger than the output OF the
The pickere too demands little nursery Of his
men declare he not only preys upon other fish. but
tries to swallow himself They claim that almost
sngrrT ecke Ga dnns off himself The Other day
was caught b IN hse and had Stuck
in his Jaws Part of the FISH already In process
of ne SRs ' sorf az
lowered above him and which lured him to destruc-
other fish and then deposited into iron tanks TO
grow alongside of sportive friends of other breeds
pacty Of the Adirondack station is 12 100000 eggs in
When ready for distribution the State transports
them IN its fish car, CARVING on an average 10
endeavors as far as possible to destroy the enemies
of it's Young fish, of which the ldmprey is tne
worst exceeding the viciousnesS OF the dost1sh.
which has been known to bite two pound FISH in
half. ,.-,.- ;.
not without interest yellow perch, for instance.
occupy from two TO four weeks in incubation and
hatch out 10 per OF the eggs Tomcod egss
hatch in thirty-ive days in water kept al tenn
perature of 20 degrees. One of these pronnc nsh.
which weighed only a pound; supplied 1910 eggs
The tomcod spawns in December
The artificial propagation of mackerel has been
most successfully accomplished by what is termed
the dry process: large fish will yield up to
million eggs the incubation of which occupies
five davs in water at IS degrees Fahrenheit The
greatest weight attained by a mackerel is from
three to four pounds. while the average weight is
pound and "A quarter. The weakfsh which matches
in two davs in water of 60 degrees. although aV-
eraging less five pounds in weight. will often
attain to thirty pounds.
OF all the fish which the State provides its FISH
ermen the sportsman seems to care most Tor the
trout and bass while under the name OF brook
trout hotels often patrons with FISH under
legal which were Put into brooks to mature at
which period they invariably seek the deeper waters
of the lakes. The Fish Commission is endeaVorinS
TO stop the systematic slaughter of trout In brooks
before they have had a chance to grow and multi
ply. -,
Game wardens have. however, in spite of the
impossibility of obtaining convictions in some To-
calties managed in one year to convict $50 out or
1859 persons prosecuted, the fines for these amount
M and 70 davS