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GOLDEN TROUT IN SOUTHERN SIERRA Extended Distribution Has Filled Rivers with Thousands of These Fish. SAN FKANCISCO, Cal., December 4. The angler who visits tin; Southern Sierra during the next few years will be elated to discover the streams teeming with golden trout. Heretofore the "most beautiful trout in the whole world" was limited to a few high mountain streams in the vicinity of Mt. Whitney, and the angler was forced to take a long -hard pack trip in order to secure this trout. Now, owing to the operations of the California Fish and Game Commission, the golden trout is to bo found in mountain streams from the southern boundary of the Yosemite National Park to. the tributaries of the Kern River. In the beginning golden trout were caught with hook and line and then transported by mule pack train to other streams which were to be stocked. Now the fish an; spawned and tiie eggs hatched at the Mt. Whitney hatchery and then distribution is made. During Septemlicr and October of this year large plants-of golden trout have been made in the headwaters of the Kings River, thus extending the distribution of this fish over fifty miles to the northward. Former plants had already extended the distribution more than 100 miles to the northward. Every effort is being made to extend the range of this notable trout, care being taken, however, to keep a pure strain by planting in barren waters. As results of former planthiss have been successful, it Is expected that golden trout will bo available to everyone within a few years, and that the lakes anil streams of the southern Sierra will be the mecca of anglers the world .over.
