﻿O 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  THE 
  YELLOWSTONE 
  NATIONAL 
  PARK. 
  

  

  MADISON 
  RIVER 
  AND 
  BRANCHES. 
  

  

  Firehole 
  River, 
  Gibbon 
  River 
  helow 
  the 
  Falls, 
  Nez 
  Perce 
  Creelc, 
  Little 
  

   Firehole 
  River, 
  etc. 
  — 
  Native 
  blackspotted 
  trout, 
  whitefish, 
  and 
  gray- 
  

   ling 
  are 
  abundant, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  Lock 
  Leven 
  and 
  brown 
  trouts. 
  Eastern 
  

   brook 
  trout 
  and 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  are 
  numerous 
  in 
  Gibbon 
  River. 
  Mr. 
  

   Clark 
  wrote 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  junction 
  of 
  Yellowstone 
  and 
  Lamar 
  Rivers 
  is 
  noted 
  for 
  fine 
  fishing. 
  If 
  you 
  find 
  

   the 
  waters 
  high, 
  swift, 
  and 
  roily, 
  you 
  will 
  probably 
  try 
  your 
  flies 
  in 
  vain. 
  Put 
  on 
  a 
  

   spinner 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  spoon 
  and 
  watch 
  the 
  fish 
  rise 
  to 
  it, 
  almost 
  touch 
  it, 
  and 
  then 
  go 
  away. 
  

   They 
  are 
  after 
  live 
  bait 
  and 
  wont 
  touch 
  anything 
  else. 
  The 
  grasshoppers 
  are 
  abundant; 
  

   catch 
  a 
  few, 
  bait 
  your 
  hook 
  carefully, 
  and 
  let 
  it 
  float 
  down 
  with 
  the 
  ciu-rent. 
  A 
  large 
  

   trout 
  will 
  rise 
  to 
  it, 
  and 
  if 
  you 
  are 
  not 
  very 
  careful 
  he 
  will 
  steal 
  it 
  from 
  you. 
  

  

  SHOSHONE 
  LAKE 
  AND 
  CREEK; 
  LEWIS 
  LAKE. 
  

  

  Lock 
  Leven 
  and 
  lake 
  trouts 
  are 
  abundant, 
  and 
  eastern 
  brook 
  trout 
  

   abound 
  in 
  Shoshone 
  Creek. 
  Mr. 
  Clark 
  wrote 
  that 
  the 
  Shoshone 
  and 
  

   Lewis 
  Lakes 
  region 
  was 
  probably 
  the 
  best 
  fishing 
  in 
  the 
  park: 
  

  

  These 
  two 
  lakes 
  and 
  their 
  outlet, 
  Lewis 
  River, 
  are 
  full 
  of 
  native 
  trout 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  

   stocked 
  with 
  Mackinaw 
  and 
  Lock 
  Leven 
  trout, 
  which 
  are 
  increasing 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  most 
  successfully. 
  These 
  fish 
  will 
  not 
  rise 
  to 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  take 
  the 
  fly 
  as 
  do 
  the 
  

   regular 
  native 
  trout, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  go 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  water 
  for 
  them. 
  In 
  the 
  lakes 
  

   you 
  can 
  catch 
  them 
  by 
  trolling, 
  if 
  you 
  can 
  find 
  the 
  particular 
  cove 
  where 
  they 
  happen 
  

   to 
  be 
  running. 
  However, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  ixncertainty 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  trolling, 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  

   place 
  where 
  you 
  can 
  troll 
  with 
  assurance 
  of 
  success, 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  canal 
  between 
  

   Shoshone 
  and 
  Lewis 
  Lakes. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  natural 
  body 
  of 
  water 
  with 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  current 
  

   and 
  not 
  very 
  wide. 
  In 
  Lewis 
  River 
  just 
  below 
  Lewis 
  Falls, 
  in 
  the 
  deep 
  pools 
  where 
  the 
  

   eddies 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  foam, 
  you 
  are 
  sure 
  to 
  find 
  good 
  fishing. 
  

  

  DucJx: 
  Lake 
  {near 
  Thumb 
  of 
  Yellowstone 
  Lalce). 
  — 
  Blackspotted 
  trout 
  

   are 
  abundant, 
  but 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  planted 
  in 
  1908 
  have 
  not 
  since 
  

   been 
  observed 
  

  

  MINOR 
  WATERS. 
  

  

  Pelican 
  Creelc. 
  — 
  Stocked 
  with 
  blackspotted 
  trout 
  from 
  the 
  Yellow- 
  

   stone 
  Lake 
  hatchery. 
  Mr. 
  Clark 
  says: 
  

  

  One 
  mile 
  east 
  of 
  Yellowstone 
  River 
  outlet 
  is 
  Pelican 
  Stream 
  which 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  cold 
  

   snows 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  and 
  empties 
  its 
  waters 
  into 
  the 
  lake. 
  Here 
  you 
  catch 
  quanti- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  uncontaminated 
  trout, 
  large, 
  beautiful, 
  fat, 
  and 
  gamy, 
  as 
  free 
  from 
  worms 
  as 
  the 
  

   fresh 
  cold 
  waters 
  they 
  swim 
  in 
  are 
  free 
  from 
  pollution. 
  

  

  Clear 
  Creelc, 
  Eleanor 
  Lalce, 
  Middle, 
  Crow, 
  and 
  Jones 
  Creelcs, 
  and 
  

   Sylvan 
  Lalce. 
  — 
  All 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  stocked 
  with 
  blackspotted 
  trout 
  from 
  

   the 
  hatchery. 
  

  

  Small 
  lalce 
  near 
  Sepulchre 
  Mountain. 
  — 
  Eastern 
  brook 
  trout 
  were 
  

   planted 
  in 
  1912, 
  but 
  the 
  results 
  are 
  as 
  yet 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Swan 
  Lalce 
  {connects 
  with 
  Glen 
  Creelc 
  and 
  upper 
  Gardiner 
  River). 
  — 
  

   The 
  planted 
  eastern 
  brook 
  trout 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  left 
  the 
  lake 
  for 
  the 
  

   small 
  streams, 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  lake. 
  

  

  