Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
HOW PIKE ARE MATCHED
Artificial Process as Practiced at
Constantia New York.
The Fish Arc UrEinWiWR tn VUn ~
tho trcck Who're They Are Caught
and stripped IT Their Eggs
for UOtrhtVg.--Vbr rIant
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T;nt rsv days VIII nov clapsc before
the ice " ill leave the Oneida lake and
then pike. pick"rai aud other fish will run
M tho streams flowing into tho lake to
spawn. ON one of these streams, Serbia
|creek. al Constanta, the state hatchery
for pike was temporarily established in
1874 and it has been in operation since.
says the Syracuse Journal
Everything is now in readiness for this
springs work. rho hatchery has proved
very successful and improvements nave
hc"u made from year to year. Last year
S25,O0 was appropriated for dredging the
creek. which was a comparatively shall
low stream. IN tho wnng season 1t
would he fairly chokcd with fish. The
dredging is completed and the creek now
has depth of five and onc-half feet At
low water ana is 30 feet wide at the bot
tom.
The pike arc taken from serbia creek
in ncts and arc then "stiipped" of spawn
az quickly as possible. The stripping
plant is located ncur tho crck, while tn"
hatchery proper is half a mile distant.
owing 80 the imprssiblitY of the state
securing land desired near the stripping
! plnnt at reasonable figures. Gcprg" r.
Serbia, Il pioneer ot Dncidn lak" iiSh 'ng
WIS appointed foreman in charge OF thu
entire business when it was first started
! nearly dozen years ago. and has served
SO Woll and faithfully that he still holds
! h" position. Tn a couple of weeks, when
he business VIII 10 at its height Fore
inan serbia viii have about 80 men en-
! ploN"d. The hatchery IS operated day AMI
night while the spawning season lasts
which does not generally exceed At month
\ reporter. in conversation with Fore
man Serbia. - few days ago. referred TO
| the claim mad" by some anglers that tn"
hatchery did moro tn dcpupulAtc the lake
OF fish than dill the nottcr> Foreman
Serbia said that the statement WIS very
| far from the truth. In the first place.
said. he. nf the spawn treated III tho
hatchery a'o,It - per cent. becomes liSh
! fry, Will" when h'tched in the streams
ANA nn tho lowlands only about ~ pcr
cont. Is sf'Nod. This is tho average record
for the past 10 Ioar-. Last year in oh-
tanning 1."o,"f0 eggs only Loco fish were
sirppod. All the fish caught arc roturn
cd - tn" lake aud it is very seldom that
"a fish dies. None die from stripping. but
occasionally ono is hurt in :hc netting.
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