Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-12-23
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2s. 1921
Propagation of Fish,
Restocking Our Waters

Madison To make two fish live
where one fish lived before is the life
mission of Bray ton o. Webster, mem
her of the Wisconsin. conservation com
mission. The state now has IL hatcher
les, which have planted upwards l06,
900, 900 fry and fngerlings during the
last spring and summer.
1.-THE fish of the state belong to the
people," said Mr.. Webster, "and our
work is constantly keep the supply
of fish replenished. For thousands of
years nature has cared for her fish
When the fish overpopulated the streams
and lakes there was an epidemic and
tn number of fish was reduced Nature
took care of her own until the human
race hogan to develop
In recent years there has been put
upon the market the greatest collection
of devilish tackles and lures that ever
appealed to fish. AS consequence
natures plan was thrown out of adjust
ment 1t is our work to ceuteract the
work of these lures and help nature to
the extent that the human race is spoil
ing her combination.
The twelve fish hatcheries supply
Wisconsin's streams and lakes with
millions of frys and fingerlings annually
and it is this work that has made this
state ''ishermans paradise" Four
hatcheries are devoted exclusively to
the Matching of trout The hatchery at
Wild Rose propagates brown, brook
and rainbow trout; Bayfield, matches
the brown, brook, rainbow and lake
trout; Madison cares for the brown,
brook, and rainbow, and the large
hatchery at ST Croix Falls is devoted
to brown and brook trout.
SIX hatcheries propagate the "game
fish +" The ha tchery at Delafeld raises
bass and pike, Minocqua raises bass.
pike, pickerel and muskellunge, Osh-
kosh, pike, pickerel snd bass: Madison,
pike and pickerei; while those at Eag-
lie River and Spooner are devoted to
the propagatirn of the pike In addition
the state has two hatcheries which are
operated but part time The Sturgeon
Bay hatchery raises lake trout and the
Sheboygan raises whitefish and lake
trout.
Propagation of fish in hatcheries,.'
said MIR. Webster, lis celied artificial
propagation. This is not SO. There is
nothing artificial about any of the
methods that are employed in the prop
agation of fish Every known natural
method Is put into practice and every
FISH culturist who wishes to make
success of his work gets down as close
TO nature in carrying on the work as Is
possible. We know, of course, by our
methods it is possible to fertilze a larg
et percentage of eggs of any of the
species that we collect eggs from than
j. accom- oIished in the natural way, but
our method is always as close to the
natural method as IS possible for hu-
man effort to accomplish
lttEe are many uSIdIS tudI we
have yet 20 learn. For years fish experts
have wondered why a certain type of
Pacific coast salmon died in the creeks
ana rivers after deposltIng their eggs
just this year it was discovered that
when the salmon were Matched the first
food they ate was from the decomposed
bodies of the parent fish.
This state is favored more than
most states for planting fish fry and
fingerlings. We have about 800 square
miles of inland waters, made up of the
6aest inland lakes that can be found in
am stat1--not the largest, but we'll
adapt. to care for species as are most
81 gbt by those who 60 fishing for
game fish. Probably there is no other
one thing that calls more persons into
thi. state than the sport that the
catching of game fish affords,