The Republican., 1933-04-13

over, except those fishing on their own
lands, to obtain a fishing license, the
department was furnished with addi-
tional revenue for the operation of
the fresh-water hatchery.
The number of licenses has in
creased from year to year until last
year 1897 licenses were issued to
fresh-water anglers. This is exclu-
sive of nonresident licenses and spe-
cial licenses required for Deep Creek
Lake in Garrett county. The total
sum realized was $17,458.S7. Reve-
nues from other sources brought the
total list up to $22,354.13.
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With the increase of revenue it has
been possible to increase the scope of
the work until at present fresh-water
fish propagation has spread to other
counties. The main hatchery at Lew
| istown is a modern structure in which
! all the incubation of eggs and the
rearing of trout up to two inches in
length is carried on, after which they
are distributed to the rearing ponds
of stations at Cushwa Springs, Bear
Creek, White Rock, the Richey Camp,
, near Lewistown, and Fairlee Station,
Kent county.
The Richey Camp, owned by Law
renee Richey, former secretary to for
mer President Hoover, is in the Catoc-
tin Mountain and has a series of Won
derful trout-rearing pools.
At the beginning of this year the
report of Superintendent Powell of
the fresh-water fish population at the
hatchery and at the various stations
was as follows:
Lewistown Hatchery-300, 900 brook
trout fry, $4,000 rainbow trout fry,
1000 rainbow fingerlings, 4 to in.
in length; 5000 brook trout adults for
distribution, 16O small-mouth bass
(adult brood stock).
1 Richey Camp-300 adult brook
trout (brood stock), 200 adult rain
bow trout (brood stock), 5000 rain
bow trout fingerlings, to 7 inches.
White Rock Station-8,000 brook
trout fingerlings, to inches.
Cushwa Springs Station-10,000
rainbow trout fingerlings, to 7 in;
$500 rainbow trout for distribution.
Bear Greek Station-10,000 brook
trout for distribution; 5000 brook
trout fngerlings, a to 7 inches; 1000
rainbow trout fingerlings, 4 to 7
inches.
Fairlee Station, Kent County,, 800
adult crappie for distribution, 10000
lingering crappie for distribution,
5000 large mouth bass fingerlings for
distributions; 1900 large mouth bass
, (brood stock), $50 crappie (brood
stock).
While numbers of streams in the
various counties of the State that will
stand stocking have been planted with
fish, some of them have been made
"key" streams, with the intention of
attracting as many fishermen to
those bodies of water as possible so
that brooks that have not been stocked
SO heavily will be overfished.
In Anne Arundel county, for in
stance, Severn Run, above the Grain
Highway, has been made the "key"
stream. 1t is a splendid stream in
which the Conservation Department
has planted a total of 1850 brook
trout, running from to IL inches.
This stream was stocked heavily,
principally to divert some of the Bal
timore fishing fraternity from the
Western Maryland streams that have
been overfshed during past years. If
the anglers take to this little known
stream, it is the plan of Commissioner
Earle to continue to stock it through
out the season. 1t is but short ruin
from Baltimore to where it crosses
| the Grain Highway.
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In Baltimore county all the old
standbys with exception of Western
Run have been well stocked. West
ern Run, which many regard as one
of the best trout streams in the State,
particularly for brown trout, is not
being stocked this year because so
many of the residents along the
stream have posted their land against
fishermen.
In Frederick county, Fishing Creek,
with 2,735 brook trout, all of legal
size or better, and 300 rainbow trout,
some of them whoppers, and Big
Hunting Creek, with 1,720 brooks of
legal size, are the key streams.
Garrett county streams have all
been pretty we'll stocked. Savage
River, with 1,700 brook trout of legal
size, and Bear Creek, regarded as the
best trout stream in the State, has
been planted with $500 brooks of the
size that any man would be glad to
put in his creel. Youghiogheny Riv-