﻿4 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  THE 
  YELLOWSTONE 
  NATIONAL 
  PARK. 
  

  

  warm 
  waters, 
  but 
  the 
  fact 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  geyser 
  water 
  does 
  not 
  kill 
  

   trout. 
  Heart 
  Lake 
  was 
  also 
  mentioned 
  where 
  trout 
  were 
  found 
  most 
  

   plentiful 
  about 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  warm 
  Witch 
  Creek 
  and 
  in 
  Boiling 
  River, 
  

   which 
  drains 
  the 
  Mammoth 
  Hot 
  Springs 
  and 
  flows 
  into 
  Gardiner 
  River, 
  

   where 
  trout 
  abounded 
  about 
  the 
  mouth, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  conventional 
  

   trick 
  of 
  catching 
  a 
  trout 
  in 
  cold 
  water 
  and 
  scalding 
  in 
  hot 
  water 
  is 
  

   possible. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  fish-cultural 
  distributions 
  in 
  the 
  park 
  waters 
  were 
  in 
  1889, 
  

   when 
  several 
  species 
  were 
  transplanted 
  and 
  introduced. 
  From 
  that 
  

   time 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  many 
  fish 
  of 
  various 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  planted, 
  

   according 
  to 
  available 
  records, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Native 
  whitefish 
  ( 
  Coregonus 
  williamsoni) 
  12, 
  980 
  

  

  Native 
  trout 
  {Salmo 
  darkii) 
  9, 
  009, 
  968 
  

  

  Rainbow 
  trout 
  {Salmo 
  irideus) 
  61, 
  390 
  

  

  Loch 
  Leven 
  trout 
  (Salmo 
  levenensis) 
  17, 
  195 
  

  

  Landlocked 
  salmon 
  (Salmo 
  sebago) 
  9, 
  000 
  

  

  European 
  brown 
  trout 
  (Salmo 
  fario) 
  9, 
  300 
  

  

  Lake 
  trout 
  (Salvelinus 
  namaycush) 
  42, 
  025 
  

  

  Eastern 
  brook 
  trout 
  (Salvelinus 
  fontinalis) 
  41, 
  650 
  

  

  Largemouth 
  black 
  bass 
  ( 
  Micropterus 
  salmoides) 
  750 
  

  

  PRINCIPAL 
  FISHING 
  IN 
  THE 
  PARK. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  the 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  and 
  black 
  bass 
  have 
  shown 
  

   no 
  evidence 
  of 
  their 
  survival, 
  but 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  of 
  the 
  others 
  have 
  be- 
  

   come 
  established 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  abound 
  even 
  in 
  waters 
  previously 
  

   unmhabited 
  by 
  fish. 
  

  

  In 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  localities 
  the 
  fishing 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  excellent, 
  not 
  

   only 
  for 
  the 
  introduced 
  forms 
  but 
  for 
  native 
  trout, 
  otherwise 
  called 
  

   blackspotted 
  or 
  cutthroat 
  trout. 
  Wliere 
  whitefish 
  and 
  grayling 
  

   naturally 
  occur 
  they 
  are 
  usually 
  plentiful. 
  

  

  The 
  season 
  does 
  not 
  begin 
  much, 
  if 
  any, 
  before 
  July, 
  by 
  which 
  time, 
  

   according 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  authorities, 
  ' 
  ' 
  the 
  plethora 
  of 
  water 
  

   has 
  disappeared 
  and 
  the 
  streams 
  flow 
  swift, 
  clear, 
  and 
  cold. 
  At 
  this 
  

   season 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  trout 
  fishing 
  is 
  at 
  its 
  best." 
  

  

  Information 
  regarding 
  the 
  fishmg 
  in 
  various 
  locahties 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  park, 
  particularly 
  that 
  of 
  

   1897, 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  publications: 
  

  

  Fish 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Park 
  and 
  tributaries 
  of 
  Snake 
  River 
  — 
  propagation 
  of 
  whitefish. 
  

   By 
  J. 
  E. 
  Curtis. 
  Bulletin 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  vol. 
  iv, 
  for 
  1884, 
  p. 
  335-336. 
  

  

  A 
  reconnoissance 
  of 
  the 
  streams 
  and 
  lakes 
  of 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  National 
  Park, 
  Wye, 
  

   in 
  the 
  interest 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  By 
  David 
  Starr 
  Jordan. 
  Bulle- 
  

   tin 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  vol. 
  ix, 
  for 
  1899, 
  p. 
  41-63, 
  with 
  map 
  and 
  many 
  plates. 
  

  

  A 
  reconnoissance 
  of 
  the 
  streams 
  and 
  lakes 
  of 
  western 
  Montana 
  and 
  northwestern 
  

   Wyoming. 
  By 
  Barton 
  W. 
  Evermann. 
  Bulletin 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  vol. 
  xi, 
  for 
  

   1891, 
  p. 
  3-60, 
  with 
  plates 
  and 
  maps. 
  

  

  A 
  woman's 
  trout 
  fishing 
  in 
  Yellowstone 
  Park. 
  By 
  Mary 
  Trowbridge 
  Townsend, 
  

   Outing, 
  vol. 
  XXX, 
  no. 
  2, 
  May, 
  1897, 
  p. 
  163-164. 
  

  

  