Identifier: annualreport101112190newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
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ver the property can be acquired. There is no better pointin the State for the culture of black bass, pike perch, and other food andgame species. The hatchery can also greatly increase its work with whitefish,and it could handle lake trout, brook trout and other valuable species. Oneida lake includes among its fishes a very valuable bait minnowknown as the buckeye shiner. At certain seasons of the year this minnowascends the creeks at the station in enormous numbers. As this fish isone of the favorite baits for black bass and pike perch fishermen and is,besides, good for trout food, being semi-transparent with silvery sides andiridescent tints, and quite hardy when the water is cold, it is thought tobe suitable for introduction to trout waters as a food for trout. ForemanScriba, has therefore collected a moderate number of these minnows andhas shipped them to the Adirondack and Delaware hatcheries for trial.If they prove satisfactory, this work will be extended so as to include all %$
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SURF FISHING AT MONTAUK POINT.— HOOKING A STRIPED BASS FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. 187 trout stations having suitable pond space for the natural reproduction ofthe buckeye shiner, and a very important problem in the rearing of troutwill be solved. In June. 1906. Foreman Scriba discovered some small eggs attachedto the under surface of stones in Frederick creek. As they could not beidentified in the form of eggs, he was requested to place them in one ofthe hatcherv troughs for development. The eggs were readily hatched,and when the young fish were sent to the office of the Commission foridentification, they were found to be the common Johnny Darter, avery important food for the larger fishes. Usually in May a small fish known as the trout-perch ascends Scribacreek and Frederick creek in immense schools for the purpose of spawn-ing. This little fish is one of the most valuable kinds of food for pikeperch and other large fishes of Oneida lake. A peculiarity about it inScriba cr

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