Title: California fish and game
Identifier: californiafishgabien19501952cali2 (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game
Subjects: Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons
Publisher: (San Francisco, etc. ) State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
Contributing Library: California Department of Fish and Game
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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Yorba Linda Reservoir, Orange County, is owned by the Anaheim Union Water Company, which allows no public fishing, but permits the Department of Fish and Game to operate the reservoir as a brood pond. In this photograph warm-water game fishes are being seined for use in restocking Puddingstone Reservoir, Los Angeles County. Puddingstone had previously been treated chemically to rid it of rough fish by department personnel. Intensive studies were made on several selected waters, especially Clear Lake in Lake County, Millerton Lake in Fresno and Madera Counties, and waters in the Colorado River Basin. These were supplemented by widespread sampling of the populations of young fish in a large series of reservoirs throughout the State. Results generally indicated adequate largemouth black bass reproduction but inadequate forage for the bass of the year's hatch, resulting in low survival of bass fingerlings. To correct this situation, forage fishes, principally golden shiners, were introduced into a number of waters, as listed in the section on "Fish Introductions." It is too early to evaluate the effects of these introduc- tions. Meanwhile, studies of other species of forage fishes have been made. At present, the threadfin shad (Signalosa) and fathead minnow (Pime- phales promelas) appear to hold considerable promise. In addition, inves- tigations have been conducted of the suitability of white bass (Morone chrysops) and other predator species for introduction into California waters, especially our large fluctuating reservoirs. Other work in con- nection with the warm-water fisheries is described elsewhere in this report.

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