Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-07

VVVsVV HSH, lncluulne diHlOSt every variety
Of fresh water food fish in the State of
Maine. landlocked salmon. brook trout,
humpback salmon. smelts. lake trout,
rainbow trout and Pacific humpback sal
mon. Most of the eggs are stripped from
salmon collected in Green lake. Grand
lake stream In Washington county. where
a collecting station is maintained under
the supervision or the Green lake hatch
cry, while the brook trout fry are OBJ
tanned in Massachusetts, and Pennsyl-
vania. Arrangements have been made
for establishing collecting station for
landlocked salmon at Fish river lake.
After the eggs are stripped from the
fish, they are placed on wire trays, with
openings in the wires just large enough
to let the little fish escape when they are
able to wiggle and swim OF. The time Of
Matching is dependent upon the tempera-
ture of the water to large extent. For
every degree Of temperature less than 50
degrees. It takes four and half days
longer to hatch the fish, The tempera-
ture Of the water at Green lake averages
33a degrees during the Matching season
and the time required for Matching sal
mon fry is approximately 1924 days.
Speed In Matching them Ia not always de-
sirable, as it is found that the nearer the
water is to natural conditions. the hard
Ter the fish, and warm water fish are lia-
BILE to be weak and faulty.
During the past % years, hundreds of
millions of fish fngerlings-salmon are
nearly as long as ones finger when they
are released. have been distributed
throughout the ponds and lakes Of Maine.
The results, while not gratifying in all
cases. have warranted the continuance
Of the work by the government hatchery.
In many cases. ponds have been stocked
which never before had been known to
contain fish Of the variety introduced
Branch pond is an example Of this. a
pond that offers the best of sport for
Bangor fishermen as we'll as others. The
criticism has been made that Green lake
has not been helped by the hatchery as
much as other lakes, but in answer to
this. Mr.. Race states that during the -
years that he has sbfen at Green lake, npt
more than $500 fish in all have been. ken
from the lake for breeding purposes.
which would indicate that the hatchery
has not been denuding the lake Of it's fish
supply. Just why the FISH planted in the
lake are not caught more by the fisher-
men is a problem that cannot easily be
answered. but Mr.. Race believes that II
the tributaries to Green lake were kept
closed for several years and the law en-
forced. fishermen would find Green lake
the best fishing resort In the State. It is
his belief that the tributaries are heavily
flshed. the young fish thus being killed
on before they enter the lake.
Supt. Race Is an able and conscientious
official. who IL always willing to receive
visitors and show them the methods of
propagating Names fish and game
species. He 10 q native Of Boothbay Haf-
Dor. in this State. and has practically de-
voted his life to the science Of fish cui-
ture. In 1859. he represented his town in
the State legislature. He has the welfare
Of Maine 1T heart a. well - that Of the
federal interests. and no man b more de-
sirous Of seeing the fsh. ana game Of
Maine incrsase and multiply than IL Mr..
Raco.
Matching Of Pacific humpback salmon
from fry brought across the continent
was first tried at Green lake two years
ago. and the experiment has proven a
decided success, as the fish are reported
from the Penobscot river. Dcnnys river