July through September, 1957, gave negative
survivals. However, a test in late November
showed nearly complete survival over a one-
week period. On the basis of this, a planting
with marked fish was made, and survivors
were collected in 1958 and 1959.
The second instance, trout from two hard-
water and one softwater hatchery were used
as test fish (generally 25 specimens per
test). Fingerlings from eggs of native Hon-
nedaga Lake parents, as well as a domestic
strain of trout, were available from the hard-
water hatcheries. Trout from one hardwater
hatchery ( Ithaca) all survived, whereas
trout from the others perished (3 of 16 fish
alive from softwater hatchery). In a later
test, “conditioning” of trout at the Ithaca
hatchery for several days resulted in satis-
factory survival of trout from both of the
other hatcheries.