﻿FISHES 
  OF 
  THE 
  YELLOWSTONE 
  NATIONAL 
  PARK. 
  

  

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  The 
  lake 
  trout 
  lias 
  become 
  established 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  Shoshone 
  Lake, 
  

   from 
  which 
  in 
  1914 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  M. 
  Smith 
  saw 
  brought 
  in 
  by 
  an 
  angler 
  one 
  

   of 
  14 
  pounds 
  and 
  several 
  smaller 
  ones. 
  In 
  his 
  report 
  for 
  1897 
  the 
  

   acting 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  park 
  wrote 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  never 
  heard 
  of 
  

   any 
  fish 
  being 
  taken 
  froin 
  Shoshone 
  or 
  Lewis 
  Lakes, 
  although 
  he 
  had 
  

   seen 
  fishes 
  apparently 
  of 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  pounds 
  weight 
  in 
  Shoshone 
  Lake, 
  

   and 
  the 
  skeleton 
  of 
  a 
  fish 
  that 
  would 
  perhaps 
  have 
  weighed 
  10 
  pounds 
  

   was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  lake. 
  Some 
  soldiers 
  reported 
  

   having 
  seen 
  schools 
  of 
  trout 
  2 
  feet 
  long 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  De 
  Lacey 
  

   Creek 
  in 
  Shoshone 
  Lake. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  quite 
  possibly 
  lake 
  trout, 
  although 
  Loch 
  Levens 
  had 
  

   been 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  waters. 
  However, 
  Mr. 
  Clark 
  (1. 
  c.) 
  wrote 
  

   in 
  1908 
  that 
  lake 
  trout 
  were 
  plentiful 
  in 
  Shoshone 
  Lake 
  and 
  Lewis 
  

   Lake 
  and 
  River, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  could 
  be 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  "canal" 
  between 
  

   Shoshone 
  and 
  Lewis 
  Lakes 
  as 
  fast 
  as 
  one 
  could 
  throw 
  in 
  a 
  trolling 
  

   spoon, 
  and 
  he 
  remarked 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  large 
  and 
  fat. 
  

  

  9. 
  Eastern 
  Brook 
  Trout; 
  Speckled 
  Trout 
  (Salvelinus 
  fontinalis). 
  

  

  The 
  natural 
  western 
  limit 
  of 
  this 
  brook 
  trout 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   is 
  northeastern 
  Minnesota. 
  It 
  inhabits 
  lakes 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  streams, 
  and 
  

  

  Fig. 
  9. 
  — 
  Eastern 
  brook 
  trout; 
  speckled 
  trout. 
  

  

  varies 
  in 
  size 
  according 
  to 
  locality. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  flourish 
  in 
  tempera- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  over 
  68° 
  F., 
  and 
  about 
  50° 
  F. 
  is 
  preferable. 
  The 
  largest 
  

   trout 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  authentically 
  recorded 
  weighed 
  some 
  over 
  12^ 
  

   pounds. 
  In 
  some 
  lakes 
  trout 
  of 
  5 
  or 
  6 
  pounds 
  are 
  not 
  uncommon, 
  

   but 
  such 
  large 
  fish 
  are 
  seldom 
  found 
  in 
  streams 
  unless 
  the 
  streams 
  

   are 
  tributary 
  to 
  fairly 
  large 
  lakes. 
  In 
  streams 
  of 
  moderate 
  size 
  

   trout 
  of 
  1 
  or 
  2 
  pounds 
  weight 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  large, 
  and 
  in 
  most 
  

   brooks 
  a 
  trout 
  of 
  one-half 
  or 
  three-fourths 
  pound 
  is 
  an 
  exception, 
  

   at 
  least 
  in 
  recent 
  years. 
  Its 
  spawning 
  season 
  is 
  in 
  fall. 
  

  

  The 
  brook 
  trout 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  noted 
  and 
  esteemed 
  of 
  American 
  

   game 
  fishes, 
  but 
  there 
  must 
  be 
  something 
  besides 
  activity 
  that 
  makes 
  

   it 
  such 
  a 
  general 
  favorite, 
  as 
  in 
  that 
  respect 
  it 
  is 
  surpassed 
  by 
  several 
  

   others. 
  One 
  appealing 
  attribute 
  is 
  its 
  beauty 
  of 
  coloration, 
  and 
  

  

  