Speckled Trout of Crescent Lake 



In the streams tributary to the northern portion of Puget Sound they 

 arrive in September and October while they do not usually appear in 

 numbers about Seattle until 2 months later. 



The steelhead is a large and very important food-fish. The 

 average size of those reaching the Sawtooth Mountains is about 8 

 pounds, the extremes being 2 and 14 pounds. The maximum weight 

 of the species is probably about 20 pounds, and in streams where it 

 is resident it does not usually exceed 5 or 6 pounds. Unlike the 

 Pacific salmon the steelhead does not die after once spawnincr, 

 though some individuals probably do. Except during a period follow- 

 ing the spawning season, the steelhead ranks as one of the very best 

 of food-fishes. Great quantities are taken every year in the Columbia 

 and either canned or sold fresh. The shipments of steelhead 

 trout to the East have rapidly increased during recent years until 

 the}' are now very large. 



The steelhead ranks very high as a game-fish and trolling for 

 steelheads in the bays, sounds and river-mouths along our Pacific 

 Coast affords excitement and pleasure exceeded among the Salmonidce 

 only by trolling for chinook salmon. 



When in fresh water the steelhead does not bite well except 

 where it is resident, but in waters in which it is permanently resident 

 it takes the trolling spoon well and will also rise to the artificial fly; 

 and its large size and gameness make it a fish much sought after by 

 those who have the opportunity. 



The steelhead is propagated by the United States Fish Com- 

 mission with marked success. The Commission has introduced it 

 into Lake Superior and its tributary waters in which it found a 

 congenial home and in which catches of some very large steelheads 

 have been recently made. 



Speckled Trout of Crescent Lake 



Salmo crescent is Jordan & Beardslee 



In Crescent Lake, Clallam County, Washington, is a trout 

 which has been regarded as a subspecies of the steelhead. It 

 reaches a length of 27 inches or more, and a weight of 8 or 

 10 pounds, and is regarded as an excellent game-fish. 



It is very close to the steelhead, from which it differs chiefly 

 in colour, which, in alcohol, is very dark steel-blue above, be- 



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