. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 16 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION The second large hatchery constructed during the biennium was at Fillmore, Ventura County. Following the destruction of the Forest Home Hatchery in San Bernardino County during the flood of 1937-38 search was made for a satisfactory site for a hatchery to serve southern California. A site was tentatively selected on Lytle Creek, San Bernardino County, but this was later found to be unusable due to objection
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 16 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION The second large hatchery constructed during the biennium was at Fillmore, Ventura County. Following the destruction of the Forest Home Hatchery in San Bernardino County during the flood of 1937-38 search was made for a satisfactory site for a hatchery to serve southern California. A site was tentatively selected on Lytle Creek, San Bernardino County, but this was later found to be unusable due to objections from the City of San Bernardino, which takes its water supply from the stream below. During the summer of 1940 a supply of spring water with a favorable temperature of 60° was found in a side channel of the Santa Clara River near the town of Fillmore. Temporary ponds, tanks and troughs were installed and put into use. Results during the following year indicated that a rapid growth nearly equal to that at Hot Creek could be obtained and the Fish and Game Commission authorized the expendi- ture of $75,000 for a permanent installation consisting of 30 ponds, a food house and refrigerating room, a small hatchery with rearing tanks, a six-car garage and workroom, and four houses for employees. The hatchery was completed near the end of the biennium and has not yet been in full production. It should be able to produce nearly a million fish of catchable size for planting in southern California. See figure 3. ^^. Fig. 3. Fillmore Hatchery Rearing Ponds. Photo by A. E. BurghdufC. Experimentation was started during 1940 with the use of an entirely new source of water for the rearing of larger trout. Fresno and Tulare counties are well up amongst those producing trout and although the bulk of the trout streams and lakes are in the back country and reached only by pack trip, there are certain more accessible waters such as Hunt- ington Lake, Hume Lake, the South Fork of the Kings River
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