Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-17
STATE HOUSE.
Success ofthe Quinnatin Maine
land-Locked Waters.
Portraits Of Chief Justices for the
Capitol Collection.
Electric Railroads Of Maine and New
Hampshire Compared.


salmon. and Commissioner Carleton
has Just gotten together some interest
ing figures to show the practical results
and benefits of this experiment. This
is a salt water fish which comes UP into
the rivers on the Pacific slope to spawn.
as do the Atlantic salmon in our own
rivers. and the United States govern
ment undertook the experiment Of
transferring this Pacific fish into At
lantic waters. II brought east a large
number of eggs and these were
Matched at the United States hatchery
IT Green Lake in this State. Although
Iand-lockcd waters in France had been
successfully stocked with uuinnat, the
experiments OF that kind had proved a
failure in this country. But neverthc-
less it was decided by the Maine COM
missoners 10 make the attempt in
;ome of the Maine lakes. so when the
little salmon from Green lake hatchery
were Of a sufficient size to be turnel
ooye for themselves. some We're put in
he Maine rivers. and others We're put
IL various Maine lakes. Among them
we're Cobbosseecontec and Pierce pond
n Somerset county. near Caratllnk
Last summer numerous catches of
large and handsome quinnat We're made
IN Pierce pond. and Commissioner
'arleton recently wrote to Warden
crank J. DurGin, at The Forks, for def
rite information about these catches
Warden Durgin had kept Il record of all
h" catches 81 which he had Informal
ion, ana Il" writes the department I,
'etter giving the names of the success
Ill fishermen ana the weight OF their
,Sy, no ,,,,Il ,,
,uinnat out of Pierce pond last sum-
ncr were the following: Mrs. Mildred
| Vitham Of Madison, one weighing II
pounds; William Piel of brooklyn. y.
| l., three weighing G. and u pounds.
| respectively: Fred Merrill OF Madison.
| wo. weighing ! and y pounds; Ben
| idamS, bingham. one weighing .
| ,oUnis: John Owens. Bingham. one
| Weighing 10 pounds; Lawrence Liv-
| ngston. bingham. ore weighing
Il pounds: Herbert Hilton. Port
| and two weighing and s pounds;
ing 6 pounds; Henry Piel. Brooklyn. \.
l., two weighing and 10 pounds: TIo-
| ward RoSsiter, AndOvcr, Mass one
| Weighing pounds; Mr.. Maloncy. Bath.
! one weighing pounds: Mr.. Ward Of
New York, three weighing 8. 10 and
/ /; Mr.. Spencer Of Massachusetts, three
+ Weighing s. 8 and y pounds: Mr.. Miller
| If Massachusetts. four. total weight
/ 70 pounds; Thongs Meservy, Caratunk.
! 5ne Weighing pounds; Anthony
somber. Caratunk, three weighing 6.
f. and Is pounds: and George G. Jones
| # Car.atunk. five weighing f. :, 6, ANA
| pounds.
Thus Mr.. Durgin had definite record
/ If "a Guinnat captured during the sum-
| ner in Pierce pond, with n total weight
| If 800 pounds, the fish ranging ir
| weight from four to fifteen pounds,
| demonstrating very conClusively tn.
| uccess of tn" attempt to prnpaga
| luinnat in lan'l-locked waters. Doubt
| 'ess many other nuinnat We're taken
| rom the lake Of which the Warden had
no record. In many cases the fisher
| men $doubtlcss thought they We're the
ordinary landlocked salmon Which
| they captured.
Out at Cobhosseecontee the expert
| :nent was also Il success. though as ye;
| there have been no such catches as
were made ut Pierce pond. Col. F. C.
Harrington. in the summer of 1902
| caught the first quinnat taken from
lCobbosseecontee. and several others
Imade similar catches, the same sum-
| ner. and here also, probably some of
the fish. which their captOrS though
70 be land-lockcd salmon. were in real
ity the rare Pacific coast variety which
das been transpIinted to Maine waters.
L The success of the experiment is so
I encoura Sing to the Maine commission
ers that they recently made requisition
on the United States government for
100000 more Quinnat eggs. and these
have recently arrived by express from
the Pacific coast and We're placed at
the Carleton brook hatchery in East
| Winthrop. OF these $4,000 have al
READY Matched, and the remaining So
900 are i'll the process Of Matching.
The little fish will lie cared for and fed
| during the spring and summer months,
and next fall when they will have at
tanned the growth Of from to inches
they will be placed in various ponds
and lakes throughout The State. Pierce
pond and CobboSseecontee will receive
generous portions as it has been shown
that these Pacific fish thrive in these
waters. Maine fishermen, and those
from Massachusetts and New York.
who come 20 fish in our waters. are 70
be congratulated upon the success of
this experiment, for it means another
handsome. gamey and most edible fish
in Maine waters.
! A petition has been received at the
Office of the fish and game commissions
cIs signed by 20 residents of China
asking that China lake be closed to ice
fishing. The only restriction against
winter fishing IT, this body of water is
that common to all Maine lakes and
| ponds. namely. that no one person be