4 The Bend Bulletin, Wednesday, August 22," 1956
Lack of. Bugs, Mountain Lakes
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HATCHERY ENTERTAINS TOURISTS Gene Morton, Game commission man In charge of Wizard
Falls Trout Hatchery, dips somo Golden trout from their pond. The gaping looks of the tourists
are not for naught. Golden Trout, with brilliant gold and red undersides, are the most beautiful
species imaginable.
Wizard Falls Turns Out
1.500.000 Trout a Year
Ky I.AIillY LYNCH
Jlulletln Staff Writer
Five miles down the Metolius riv
er from Camp Sherman an im
pressive oieration works year
around to mainlain Central l)ree,oi,
fishing.
It's the Wizard Falls llalehery.
Operated by the slate game eom
mission, it keeps the area's lakes
and streams well supplied with
Iroul. It is the largest of 15 1 lout
hal cileries In the slate.
The hatchery helps to: (1) en
hance Central Oregon us a vaca
tion land, (2) provide unlimited
recreation for fishing minded Cen
tral Oregonians, ami CI) provoke
tourists and fishermen to spend
thousands of dollars in the area.
jWeJI over 10,000 tourists a year
are attracted by ilie hatchery It
self. This Is easily understood oncx?
you have visited the clean, refresh
ing grounds und heard head-man
Gene Morton describe his opera
tion.
IHks Like Itciiort
It's three neat brown cabins and
several large, attractive buildings
sitting among grass und pines look
like a resort layout. And spark
ling ponds lend the fresh almos-i
shore.
A total of 1,500,000 Irout will have
lwe.n slocked in streams and lakes
from Ihe hatchery by the end of
the season. -
Morion says right now the hatch
ery is raising for stocking purpose:-
XIZ.UOU rainbow; 91,000 germnn
bi-own; 70,0(10 cut throat, -10,000
stee.lhead; 62,000 golden trout;
and 200.000 kokanec. In addition,
they are experimenting with At
lantic; salmon and have planted
some in Davis Lake.
Most local stream and lake stock
ESSE fV-- A
GRADING DEVICE IN POND The trout grading device in-
Tented by Gene Morton sots in the pond ready for trout to bo
Tun through it. By a simple system, this grader separates into
different baskets, throe sizes of trout. In one year, the grader
saved Wizard Falls $8,000 in food.
ing is done with rainbow. Game
Commission men have beeji ttock
ing 2'i.UW rainbow a month since
early spring. This is what they
call slocking for-the rod.
Special elevated holding tanks at
the hatchery prepare the fish for
hauling to Ihe stocking point. Trou!
are, starved there for 2-1 hours.
That way ull excrement is elimin
ated.
Feeding Largo Problem
Feeding the trout and salmon
presents u large economic prob
lem.
Morton has invented a device
that saved the hatchery $8,000 in
one year.
It enables the hatchery to grade
fish according to size twice during
the, llsh's growing period. The de
vice sets in a pond and the trout
or salmon are swept between two
plexi glass rods by a stream of
water. A space between the rods
gradually widens from one end to
tiie other. Four troughs under
neath lead to separate baskets. The
smallest fish (all through to the
first trough, the next smallest fish
to the second trough and so on.
Irout are cannilAilistic. Former
ly they hail to be over fed to keep
large from eating small. Now Ihe
same sizes are kept together and
this isn't necessary. And'SimUM fish
ge,t their share of the food.'
Also the largest fish can be kept
aside and planted first. Size can
be controlled so trout don't grow
over 10 inches in length. If they
get any larger, hauling costs jump
tremendously.
Salmon Ifclrr? Ma,vle
Most imtmrtant experiment the
hatchery is carrying on concerns
Atlantic salmon, says Mbrton.
The Oregon Slate Game Com
mission is attempting to trans
plant these salmon in Oregon. Da-
ry. Can Be Reached
DOOST ZUTTie
Scenic buttle Jake Is easily ac
cessible and usually iree of mo
qui toes.
Those two advantages make it a
iavoritu recreation area for tour-
sis, campers, fishermen and boat
ing e.thusiasls. Thousands visit the
take every summer.
The lake is twenty miles out of
.sisters. It's IjO acres of deep blue
wattr lie a few hundred yards
south of the Sanliam highway.
Campers yive the lake area heav
iest use. families come there to
fish and enjuy forest camping. The
Forest Strvice, has improved 1U5
campsites on the edye of the lake.
Improved campsites include a fire
place, table and parking area.
Groups camjed on the lake's
shore usually run about triple the
number of improved sites.
Last July 4th the Forest Service
counted liMK) campground and pic
nic area visitors at Suttle lake.
At the north(uist corner of the
lake, an area is roped off for swim
mers. This area includes one of
the lake's best beaches.
The Suttle Lake Resort is also
situated on the northeast shore. In
a year it caters to 600-700 guests,
mostly fishermen. The resort has
a grocery store, sells fishing sup
plies, and rents 21 fishing boats
It's dining hall is open most of the
day, to all tourist trade.
vis lake is being used as stockin;
grounds because it is land locked
and the salmon have no way of
getting out to the sea.
Atlantic Salmon brood stock were
brought from the eastern coast to
Wizard Falls five years ago. Last
year the 'hatchery stocked 100 in
Davis lake. Only a few have been
reported caught.
Wizard Falls has retained 66 of
the large salmon to use as brood
stock. When the second genera
tion lived the experiment passed
ts greatest test, Morton says. But
the fish take five years to reach
maturity so it's a slow process.
hollow linH'ding Sysfc-m
The men at Wizard Falls Hatch
ery louow a general sysiejii m
breeding of trout and salmon. The
eggs are stripped from females
md fertilized with milt from the
bucks. Then the eggs are, placed
in baskets and submerged in quiet
troughs in the hatching building.
In 1(1 days the eggs eye up. Then
hud eggs can be sorted out. In
mother In days the. trout hatch
For a third Iti day period, the new
born Iroul absorb a food sack that
hangs on their throat. At rM days
they are movt-d to the regular
iiond. ;
It lakes 170,000 pounds ef feed
lo keep the trout and salmon at
Ihe hatchery supplied for a year.
By Ihe lime a rainbow has grown
lo stocking size, it has consumed
5 cents worth of feed.
Fingerlings are fed on ground
liver, spleen, dry meals and salt.
The larger fish are fed salmon
viscera in addition.
Four men, and a part time em
ployee when the heavy spring sea
son is on, keep the hatchery run
ning".
By Pack Trips
A pack trip to, high mountain
lakes is only a wistful dream for
most fishermen In the Lrnited
States.
But here in Central Oregon
fisherman's meeca, pack trijs hap
pen every day during the short
mountain summer, t'ach year, as
soon as the snow has cleared from
the Cascade trails, men and
horses start packing in.
The .Mink Lake basin and Tay
lor Burn groups include more than
a hundred lakes, named and un
named, nearly all of them stocked
with rainlxnv and eastern brook.
Takes Sturdy Man
If you liave a strong, back and
sturdy legs, you can even hike into
these lakes with your equipment
and food in a back pack. The only
problem you're likely to encounter
is carrying out your catch for most
of these lakes are so full of trout
they'll strike anything that looks
like food.
Horses and guides are available
from Frank Tate at the F.Ik Lake
Pack s.ation, and tile Forest serv
ice maintains a guard station at
Elk where you can get the latest
information on trail conditions.
South of the Three Sisters and
for most part lying slightly on the
west slope of the Cascades is. a
chain of lakes that develops into
a major lake basin around Mink
lake. Mink lake is one of the few
Oregon lakes that is larger than
300 acres and not reached by road.
C'Nise to Skyline. IVuil
Most of the lakes in this section
arc cither directly adjacent' to or
relatively close to the Skyline trail.
While the main access route to
these lakes is from the Century
drive, the lakes can also be readi
ed from the west side from the Mc-
Kenzie pass and the horse Creek
trail. From Elk lake, the Island
Meadow trail connects with the
Skyline trail. ,
A fair road leads from the'Cen-
tury drive to Wickiup plains from
where several 'good lakes are easi
ly reached. Amony these the Sister
Mirror lakes are a delight to the
photographer as well as to the
camper and fisherman. Nash lake
is usually especially good fishing.
Shelters at Mink and Cliff
Shelters have been built by the
Forest service at Mink lake and
Cliff lake.
Part of the Taylor Burn group
of lakes is in the Willamette Na
tional forest in a second growth
fir forest, while the eastern sec
tion is in the Deschutes forest.
About 25 lakes lie within a radi'
us of five miles of Taylor Burn
forest camp, all of litem stocked
with raintxnv and eastern brook.
If you're umbitious, an e.xcellant
view of the area can be had from
Taylor Butte which can be climb
ed in about 20 minutes.
Forest Camps are available at
North Waldo, Taylor Burn camp
and Charlton, Liltle Cullus, Irish.
Taylor and Big Cultus lakes.
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GEMS FROM AGED HILLS Pictured here is a wall display of agafes af the 1956 gem show in
Prineville. Thousands of gems shaped from semiprecious stones, most of them found in Central
Oregon, were included in the colorful display. (Bend Bulletin Photo)
Oregon's Tourist Attractions
Include Hunting for Stones
pictures in beautiful colors and
group forms. Snowflake agate is
agate with white specks resem
bling snow flakes on a darker
background. Denderite agate is the
most valuable. It portrays ferns
and shrubs and some landscape
scenes. Sagebrush scenes are very
common.
Pony agates arc found on Pony
Butte. They have a light back
ground mottled with brown spots.
These bulles arc easily accessible
to anyone wishing to visit them.
The name polka-dot agate is some
times applied to these stones al
though they are not the true polka-
dot variety found in some other
localities.
Iris, is found in Warm Springs
country. When cut in thin slabs
and polished it portrays the rain
bow in colors and form. The Ante
lope country is an iris location.
Jasper hi many colors is found,
It varies in quality from the finest
to the most common. It is found
wherever agate is found. Jasper
ixilishes to a beautiful gloss and
is used in jewelry setting as well
as paper weights, spheres and oth
er articles. It is one of the best
materials for an amateur lo begin
practicing oil when learning lapi-
By AMtKKT N. NKWTOX
I4MlHitfS eulogy Club
Oregon, is one of the most out
standing states of the union for its
diversified, precious and semi
precious array of stones. Many
tourists and getn hunters search
its hills and deserts for greatly
valued stones.
Perhaps the central part of the
state has the greater variety. Its
deserts and hills are a gold mine
for gems of variety and value.
Included in its category are opal,
which ranges from common white
to the precious fire variety. The
common kind is found in large
quantities in many places anil
easily obtained by the unlearned.
Only a few locations of the pre
cious variety are yet available.
Sets made from this latter variety
uc very valuable.
Obsidian is found in large quan
tities in central Oregon. Iridescent,
iver sheen, transparent in red.
black and orange tint can be found
quantity. Cilass Bulles arc a
famous location. Gems cut from
this volcanic glass arc beautiful
and can be obtained from several
private parlies in central Oregon.
Plume agale, saginale, carnel-
ian, snowflake, flower and dende
rite agate are found in various lo-ldary work.
cations. The plume and flower va-1 Agatized wood, or petrified wood
neties are outstanding for theircan be found in quantity in several
Area Advertised
At L. A. Show
Every year the local Chamber
of Commerce spends JS00 to $1000
on a booth at the Los Angeles
Sportsman's show.
The show is presented in the Pan
Pacific Auditorium in the largo
California city. It lasts 10 days
during the middle of April. Last
year 321,183 persons went through
the large hall looking at booths
and exhibits from all over the
West.
Bend has been taking an exhibit
to the show for some 10 years.
In 1956 the Bend boom was man
ned by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burke
of Bend and Mrs. and Mr. Art
Kaiser of Redmond.
The stream of people past the
booths is continuous. The Burkes
and Kaisers report they never had
a chance to stop talking.
locations. Hampton buttcs are the
most prolific source but Crooked
river is also a fine section to se
cure this highly prized material.
Madias, Klamath Falls and Griz
zly arc the best locations for opal-
i.ed wood.
Jewelry is made from the beau
tiful centers of geodes which arc
scattered over the hills and dun-,
erts of this country. Crystal in
many shapes and quality fill these
unique spheres.
. FINGERUNG PONDS These largo round ponds are used to
. house fingerlings for the first few months after they are hatched.
The sparkling ponds, the cleanliness, the pine troes, the grass
and the building in the back ground givo an idea of why the
hatchery grounds look like a resort.
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