Annual report

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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)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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time, with no result whatever. During the summer of 1905one of them was fished for an hour or so and two trout were taken, one ofwhich weighed eleven ounces, and the other about six ounces, though itwas not weighed. In the summer of 1906 extraordinary fishing was had.One dav one party of three took out thirty-three brook trout that weighedsixty-six pounds and one ounce; and in another two days fishing anotherparty of three took out thirty-six fish that weighed sixty-six pounds andseven ounces. The largest one of the entire catch weighed a little over fivepounds; several weighed over four pounds and a great many over threepounds. Many smaller ones were also taken out weighing from four or sixounces up to two pounds, showing that propagation of the species wasgoing on. As to the facts in the case there seems to be very little room for doubt.As to the catch in 1906 there is no doubt whatever. As to the fact thatthere were no fish of any kind in these waters in 1903 we have the statement
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