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STEELHEAD TROUT OF MOUNTAIN LAKES The r.-nits obtained tnm i.rtiin experiaseatK rarried oat in high Sterna takes »t the «ost may caase I great. !t demand for -teelhea.l trout to come from angleis. Heietolor.- the demand has alway- bera rot rainbow ti.ut. with the reeall that tie I atcheries of the State have been unable to Mpplj the .1. in. iii. 1. OisMppointiie -nt has alwajs been -how n ..I. n areas in the Sierras bate been stocked with Kteelbead rather than rataboa trout, but teceal dcvelopcaeats ladicate a chaace hi rlewpoiat. The nosl receal evideace that the steeUiead trout in Mitablc for high mountain lakes was obtained ..v Fish and tiame Commissiuiier Bosqai and K.- n live Officer Carl We-le! fel.l on a r-ei lit trip to ■ i-i. in ritnw Coaaty. A i-ii was Hade te sphinx l.ike elevation io3oo feet, -itu.it. d at the he id of Bphhu Creek, under the shadow of 1 ,;i Brewer. Here steeUiead were found in grea. nninl.. i -. liny were -it.-.i to twinty hschcs la hi. gill and weighed lrom three ts Ore pounds. The Berage length was about twelve hsches. this lake was planted by tin- rnsaaiisflloa in 1911, when s pack train carried -1,100 steebi.-.i 1 root to this rough and almost iaaecessible part of the mountains. Conseqoeatljr these rtsh showed ■ remarkiible growth in leaath and weight in the . ight rears itatce tiny were planted. Furthermore, it w.i-found that the e fish were br liag. and that ;h ■■ ■ were iaereaaass la aasabti ■■ Many small ti-h of fingeiling size were -ecu in the small streasas Thos, from a small plant of 1,944 r ■ — 1 1 the iiuiii--diate region lias been ml. .--fully stocked. A Mother iniere-ting point discovered was ;!:it althougi the . ung.r steelhead app sred ssach bi..- the -t elhead in SSMT coa-t lieanis. the older ;ai large:- fish WCfa in.ich more -].otled sad 1 ts-m !■■ I ■ raiabow treat. This seesas to bear sal the t!,.i.. ifi.it the steelhead is only ■ sea-ran form .. the i dinbon . Ilie btrge growth, splendid Increase and riiaeiv raa!itles of the iteelhesd placed m araaataiu l.ik.-- h.- ciirh il uion-calcd the !ea-i!.ilii of u-iou ihis i i. ty i:i the Shi...-, and u 111 d. nihil--- influence the ueman.l for tn.s species from our state h.ticeri.-.
