Montana Wild Life, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Montana Wild Life, Vol. 1: June, 1928On Flint Creek just above the lake the Commission constructed the traps and runways for handling thousands of trout that abound in the lake. Into these traps the fish must come when the call of nature takes them upstream to spawn.These trout are from 16 to 30 inches long, averaging about 20 inches. Of all varieties the rainbow grow the largest. In the waters of Flint Creek one sees them by the hundred and it's a sight worth making the trip to see.After entering the runways the trout are seined and placed in handling traps. Two traps are necessary for handling the large number that come from the lake. From two to four men work at each trap. They don waders and slick ers, use a glove on their left hand to hold the fish, and go right in among them.The fish are placed in a handling box with a dip net and the men select one of the females for stripping. Holding the fish by the tail the expert swings the head under his right elbow then presses the belly from head toward the tail. If ripe, the eggs are brought forth and caught in a pan. When a quart or so of eggs are taken, a male of the same species is taken and milt for fertilizing the eggs is caught in the same pan. With their fingers the experts stir the eggs thoroughly, mixing them with the milt. The eggs are then washed and placed in buckets or cans. Eggs from different varieties are kept separate.After watching this operation the casual visitor begins to wonder about the efficiency of the system. One hears expressions from many leading to the inference that the facts are not of gen eral information. Summing the ques tions it's like: Why all this? So they think they are improving on Nature?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.