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  FISHES 
  OF 
  THE 
  YELLOWSTONE 
  NATIONAL 
  PARK. 
  

  

  In 
  Lupine 
  Creek, 
  notwithstanding 
  the 
  barrier 
  offered 
  ])y 
  Undine 
  

   Falls, 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  on 
  good 
  authority 
  that 
  trout 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  

   Lava 
  Creek 
  above 
  the 
  falls. 
  

  

  In 
  Riddle 
  Lake 
  trout 
  are 
  numerous. 
  

  

  Alum 
  Creek 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  trout 
  streams 
  in 
  the 
  park. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Abundance 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  full 
  of 
  trout. 
  

  

  In 
  Heart 
  Lake 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Witch 
  Creek 
  trout 
  are 
  numerous. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  United 
  States 
  fish-cultural 
  records 
  of 
  distribution 
  

   of 
  young 
  native 
  trout 
  in 
  park 
  waters: 
  

  

  1889, 
  East 
  Fork 
  of 
  Gardiner 
  

  

  River 
  above 
  the 
  falls 
  968 
  

  

  1904, 
  Duck 
  Lake 
  290, 
  000 
  

  

  1912, 
  Natural 
  Bridge 
  ("reek. 
  

  

  1912, 
  Second 
  Creek 
  

  

  1913, 
  Boat 
  House 
  Oreek 
  

  

  1913, 
  Cub 
  Creek 
  

  

  1913, 
  De 
  Lacy 
  Creek 
  

  

  1913, 
  Duck 
  Lake 
  

  

  1913, 
  Grebe 
  Lake 
  

  

  1913, 
  Hatchery 
  Creek 
  

  

  1913, 
  Indian 
  Creek 
  

  

  1913, 
  Number 
  Two 
  Creek... 
  

  

  1913, 
  Soldier 
  Creek 
  

  

  1914, 
  Transportation 
  Creek. 
  

  

  350, 
  000 
  

   300, 
  000 
  

   725, 
  000 
  

   400, 
  000 
  

   850, 
  000 
  

   50, 
  000 
  

   300, 
  000 
  

   400, 
  000 
  

   100, 
  000 
  

   400, 
  000 
  

   300, 
  000 
  

   350, 
  000 
  

  

  1904, 
  Yellowstone 
  Lake 
  22, 
  000 
  

  

  1906, 
  Ice 
  Pond 
  47, 
  000 
  

  

  1908, 
  Duck 
  Lake 
  175, 
  000 
  

  

  1908, 
  Fisheries 
  Creek 
  225, 
  000 
  

  

  1909, 
  Cub 
  ( 
  'reek 
  1, 
  600, 
  000 
  

  

  1909 
  , 
  Fisheries 
  ( 
  'reek 
  890, 
  000 
  

  

  1910, 
  Cub 
  Creek 
  400, 
  000 
  

  

  1911, 
  Fisheries 
  Creek 
  75, 
  000 
  

  

  1912, 
  Boat 
  House 
  Creek 
  600, 
  000 
  

  

  1912, 
  Cub 
  Oeek 
  100, 
  000 
  

  

  It 
  appears 
  that 
  the 
  plant 
  of 
  trout 
  made 
  in 
  1889 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  

   Howard 
  Crecik, 
  Idaho, 
  in 
  September 
  and 
  planted 
  in 
  Tjava 
  Creek 
  above 
  

   the 
  faUs 
  which 
  previously 
  contained 
  no 
  trout 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  super- 
  

   intendent 
  of 
  the 
  park. 
  However, 
  it 
  was 
  subsequently 
  ascertained 
  

   that 
  trout 
  had 
  possible 
  access 
  to 
  this 
  locality 
  from 
  Blacktail 
  Deer 
  

   Creek, 
  which 
  has 
  no 
  falls 
  and 
  was 
  abundantly 
  supphed 
  with 
  trout. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  that 
  there 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  two 
  varieties 
  of 
  native 
  

   trout 
  in 
  the 
  park, 
  the 
  larger 
  ones 
  of 
  the 
  Yellowstone, 
  with 
  bright 
  

   yeUow 
  bellies, 
  and 
  the 
  smaller 
  kind 
  more 
  silvery 
  in 
  appearance 
  and 
  

   exhibiting 
  much 
  greater 
  activity 
  and 
  game 
  qualities, 
  of 
  which 
  Tower 
  

   Creek 
  fisl\ 
  are 
  (examples. 
  Also 
  trout 
  of 
  Yellowstone 
  Lake 
  seem 
  to 
  

   differ 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  Heart 
  and 
  Henry 
  Lakes 
  in 
  having 
  more 
  distinct 
  

   and 
  rather 
  less 
  numerous 
  black 
  spots. 
  However, 
  in 
  tliis 
  respect 
  

   very 
  much 
  individual 
  variation 
  is 
  shown. 
  

  

  The 
  size 
  attained 
  by 
  trout 
  in 
  the 
  park 
  wat(u-s, 
  as 
  elsewhere, 
  varies 
  

   much 
  with 
  locality 
  and 
  conditions. 
  Fish 
  of 
  over 
  4 
  pounds 
  have 
  

   been 
  reported. 
  

  

  This 
  trout 
  in 
  some 
  waters 
  is 
  a 
  higlily 
  esteemed 
  game 
  fish 
  and 
  

   can 
  be 
  taken 
  in 
  all 
  sorts 
  of 
  ways 
  — 
  spoon, 
  phantom, 
  natural 
  bait, 
  

   artificial 
  flies, 
  etc. 
  Mary 
  Trowbridge 
  Townsend 
  writes 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  

   Fireholo 
  River: 
  

  

  The 
  father 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  trout, 
  the 
  blackspotted 
  "cutthroat" 
  with 
  the 
  scarlet 
  

   splotch 
  on 
  his 
  lower 
  jaw, 
  was 
  most 
  in 
  evidence, 
  with 
  long 
  symmetrical 
  body, 
  grad- 
  

  

  