. First report of game and fish warden for New Mexico. 1909-1910-1911 . n the coloring, marking and in their habits ofspaAvning. The brook trout has clearly defined spots on the side, which are aclear red in color, avI ile on the mountain trout the spots are dark broAvn or nearlyblack. One argument in favor of the brook trout, wherein he is especially beneficialand valuable, is based on the fact that this fish Avill breed and spawn Avhereplanted and will there remain, unlike the mountain and rainbow trout Avhichgo to the headAvaters for tho spawning season. The brook trout spaAvns in No-vember
. First report of game and fish warden for New Mexico. 1909-1910-1911 . n the coloring, marking and in their habits ofspaAvning. The brook trout has clearly defined spots on the side, which are aclear red in color, avI ile on the mountain trout the spots are dark broAvn or nearlyblack. One argument in favor of the brook trout, wherein he is especially beneficialand valuable, is based on the fact that this fish Avill breed and spawn Avhereplanted and will there remain, unlike the mountain and rainbow trout Avhichgo to the headAvaters for tho spawning season. The brook trout spaAvns in No-vember, the eggs hatching during the winter months, even under the ice. Theyoung fish coming out early in the spring have the advantage of a substantialgroAvth before going into winter quarters, Avhen they are large enough to escapefrom the attacks of other cannibalistic fishes that might otherwise destroy point of value lies in the fact that eggs of this fish are not as subject tofreshets that Avash tlie eggs ashore, where many of them are destroyed or become. REPORT OF GAME AND FISH WARDEN FOR NEW MEXICO. 38 worlliKss. Still ;iii(«tlur pdiiit (if diiriTciK-e hctwttii the brook Irout and others ofiiii< raiiiily. lies in tlic tst<il)lislii(| Jacl lliat llic brook trout will not cross with theniountain or iainl)()w trout, owing, pcrliajis, to tl)e time ol 3ear at which thesjjawning occurs. Vhv flesh of tiie brook trout is as dainty and delicious as anylish that switus, and this variety is cs|)ecially desirable for propagation because,always remaining where first planted, it can be catight in July and August whenother ]neinhei-s ot this po])ular family arc at the head waters^ spawning. Manya time, on the broad stream, a lisherman is heard to say, Lets go up to the headof the stream and get soiue of the red fellows; but, as a matter of fact, few, evenamong experienced anglers, understand tliat the distinctly rosy tint found in theflesh of the trout or the red color o
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