﻿FISHES 
  OF 
  THE 
  ^rELLOWSTONE 
  NATIONAL 
  PARK. 
  21 
  

  

  sidered 
  by 
  many 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  most 
  effective. 
  General 
  favorites 
  in 
  the 
  

   way 
  of 
  trollmg 
  lures 
  are 
  whitebait 
  and 
  bliieback 
  phantoms, 
  although 
  

   there 
  are 
  others 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  successful. 
  

  

  This 
  fish 
  when 
  properly 
  prepared 
  and 
  cooked 
  is 
  most 
  excellent 
  as 
  

   food. 
  Baked 
  salmon 
  with 
  sage 
  dressing 
  is 
  highly 
  recommended 
  by 
  

   those 
  who 
  have 
  tried 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  plants 
  of 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  in 
  the 
  park 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  in 
  1909, 
  when 
  2,000 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  Duck 
  Lake 
  and 
  7,000 
  in 
  

   Yellowstone 
  Lake. 
  

  

  A 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  Interior 
  bulletin, 
  ''General 
  Information 
  

   Regarding 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  National 
  Park," 
  issued 
  in 
  1912, 
  states 
  

   that 
  the 
  salmon 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  park 
  apparently 
  did 
  not 
  thrive, 
  as 
  

   they 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  heard 
  of 
  since 
  they 
  were 
  planted. 
  

  

  7. 
  Brown 
  Trout; 
  Von 
  Behr 
  Trout 
  {Salmo 
  fario) 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  brown 
  trout 
  is 
  widely 
  distributed 
  in 
  continental 
  Europe 
  and 
  

   the 
  British 
  Isles, 
  inhabiting 
  lakes 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  streams, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  

  

  Fig. 
  7.— 
  Brown 
  trout; 
  Von 
  Behr 
  trout. 
  

  

  ''brook 
  trout" 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  countries. 
  Under 
  favorable 
  condi- 
  

   tions 
  it 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  grow 
  to 
  over 
  20 
  pounds, 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  true 
  brook 
  trout 
  

   it 
  seldom 
  registers 
  over 
  one-half 
  or 
  1 
  pound 
  in 
  weight. 
  

  

  The 
  brown 
  trout 
  tlirives 
  in 
  clear, 
  cold, 
  rapid 
  streams 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  lakes, 
  having 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  habits 
  

   as 
  our 
  eastern 
  brook 
  trout. 
  It 
  is 
  by 
  some 
  regarded 
  highly 
  as 
  a 
  game 
  

   fish, 
  taking 
  either 
  bait 
  or 
  artificial 
  fly. 
  The 
  best 
  fly 
  fishing 
  is 
  usually 
  

   toward 
  night. 
  As 
  a 
  game 
  and 
  food 
  fish 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  its 
  prime 
  from 
  May 
  

   to 
  September. 
  Its 
  flesh 
  is 
  very 
  agreeable 
  in 
  flavor. 
  Spawning 
  begins 
  

   in 
  October. 
  

  

  In 
  1890, 
  9,300 
  brown 
  trout 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  Nez 
  Perce 
  Creek. 
  The 
  

   brown 
  trout 
  has 
  been 
  caught 
  in 
  Nez 
  Perce 
  Creek, 
  Madison, 
  Gibbon, 
  

   and 
  Firehole 
  Rivers, 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  locality 
  from 
  its 
  junction 
  to 
  the 
  

   lower 
  faUs, 
  or 
  Keppler 
  Cascade, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Little 
  Firehole 
  below 
  

   Mystic 
  Cascade 
  and 
  in 
  Iron 
  Creek. 
  

  

  