The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-09
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Planting Fish n New Streams
81 Frederic :. Haslin.

Planting d! Fish !: j; i
IN By Frederis
Since fishes have taken to riding in
their private cars and travelling all
over the continent, no angler is able
to say what sort OF creature he IS
likely TO pull in when he casts his line
into an American stream. Men of
mature years who return to the haunts
iof their boyhood to go fishing where
they used to, may land the same.
prizes that they did OF old, but this
IS the exception rather than the rule.
For there are new denizens iii many
OF our streams.
The fish commissions OF the various
states, and the federal Bureau of2Fish-
cries have been making over the
angling map of the country. The man
With rod and reel, however, is unlike
ly to find reason to complain The
new varieties that he catches will
probably far surpass those OF old, and
in many cases he would have caught
nothing at all, but for the work that
/ has been done In transplanting fish.
short time ago, the. announce
ment was made that the special car
Seattle, having aboard 1000, 600 eggs
of the pink and humpbacked salmoni
OF the Pacific coast, and that it would
proceed to New England. There the
eggs would be cared for until they
Matched and the little fishes would be-
tended until they had grown to thel
length Of ones finger. Then theyi
would be liberated in eastern streamst
where it was intended that new gen
erations Of this choice fish would
come and go. They were to take the
place Of the native salmon, which is |
passing away because deforestratio
and the presence Of many factories
make the conditions unfavorable toll
the land-1ocked eastern varieties,
while they would not interfere with
the deep sea-going varieties Of the
Pacific
"A very peculiar condition was early |
found to exist in Yellowstone National |
Park In SO far as FISH was concerned.
There was an abundance of ideal lakes
and streams in that wonderland, but I
these We're entirely without fish Some
conspiracy of natural circumstance
had prevented members of the fnny |
tribe from ever getting established in !
those waters. 1t was decided to stock
them with Just the right varieties to |
furnish good sport in this playground
of a nation. 1t. was found that there
We're several drainage basins that did
not communicate with each other. and |
it was decided that different varieties
should be established in each. So, III
one basin the black spotted trout was
established, in another the rainbow,
in another the brook trout, in another
the lake trout, and so on. Under this |
arrangement the angler knows justl
where to go that he may get the sort
of fishing that appeals to him
The men who were attempting tot
improve the fishing. in the nations
streams found that there were several
varieties that were very choice and att
the same time were SO rare that they
might at any time be exterminated.l
There was, for instance. the dainty
grayling which inhabited Tennyson.s'
brook. This fish was to be found IN
only three isolated colonies
Alaska, Montana and Michigan, re-
spectively. Finally the grayling dis
appeared from Michigan because Of
the introduction of a kind of trout in
its streams that deyouredS it. But stock
was secured for the renal ning, and
the grayling so widely propagated
that there is now no danger of its ex-
termination.
High up in the Sierras of Ealifor--l
MIA, in the very shadow or Mount
WHITNEY. was discovered the golden
trout. 1t inhabited very restricted
area and was by ma means PLENTIFUL
in those streams. In all the world
beyond these mountains a fish OF this
group has never been caught Yeti
the golden trout was the most beau-I
stiful OF all its kind At the same
time, It's .gameness was such as toI
make 1t a high-class game fish. It'll
was therefore considered Important
that the numbers OF this trout should
be increased and that it should be-
made possible that more people should
be given the priyileg Of catching it.
An expedition was sent into the noun
tains and a foundation stock was se-I
cured. Over trail of twenty miles
that was almost precipitous, these
fishes We're packed on the backs of
mules They were planted at favor
able points and left to mnl tiply Today
the golden trout is firmly established
IN hundred streams from coast toi
coast, and is surprising many a. fish
5ernan who never before knew IL fts4
existence, but who pull it out of his
own home brook.
But these are not the accomplish
zments in transplanting fish that have
been Of greatest Importance. There
are many instances where industries!
amounting to hundreds Of thousands
1 Of do liars q year have been bull upon
the .transplanting Of the fish Of one
region to another.
Occupying first place among thesel
achievements was the Introduction of
shad into the streams OF the Pacificl
coast The shad is a native OF! thel
streams Of the Atlantic 1T goes to3
Bseasin the winter. but with the coming
OF spring it starts UP all those rivers