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Occasionally other kinds of fish are found in the waters of the parks, 

 but not frequently. In the early days, when the stocking of streams was 

 a haphazard matter, largely in the hands of well-meaning individuals, 

 fish of many kinds were planted in the 

 streams and lakes. Gradually the trout 

 have been eliminating the others, and 

 sometimes have eliminated other trout. If 

 a native trout will not live in a certain 

 lake or stream, then the rangers try an 

 other kind. In some lakes in Yellowstone 

 they have tried practically every variety 

 of trout, without success. Sometimes this 

 is due to lack of food, sometimes to pe 

 culiar contents or to temperature of the 

 water. In view of this, it is always well 

 to talk over your fishing plans with a 

 ranger when you enter a park. He can at least save you the time you 

 might spend fishing in waters where fish cannot live. And he may be 

 able to tell you just where you can catch them. 



To recapitulate, park by park, these are the kinds of fish that anglers 

 may expect to find in the different parks they visit : 



In Yellowstone, the native is the cutthroat, which is the only trout 

 found in the eastern half of the park. In the Gibbon River and in the 

 lakes at its headwaters, there are rainbow trout. Brook and Loch Leven 

 trout are found in the streams on the west side of the park. Mackinaw 

 are in the Snake River and in Shoshone, Lewis, and Heart lakes, and 

 are found just south of the park in Jackson Hole lakes. Grayling are 

 found in some of the lakes and streams of the Madison River water 

 shed, and whitefish in the lower Yellowstone River and in the Madison. 

 No fishing license is required in Yellowstone Park. 



In Glacier National Park, the native trout is the cutthroat. Rainbow 

 trout, Dolly Varden, eastern brook, and grayling have been introduced, 

 and lakes are well stocked. No fishing license is required. 



In Rocky Mountain National Park, the native is the cutthroat. Rain 

 bow and eastern brook have been planted. Whitefish are also found in 

 the lakes. A Colorado state fishing license is required and can be secured 

 in the park. 



In Mount Rainier National Park, fishing is sometimes difficult, due 

 to "glacier milk" in the waters of streams. The glaciers empty quantities 

 of ground rock into the streams each summer. Yet many trout are 

 caught each year in this park, rainbow, cutthroat, Dolly Varden, and 

 brook. No fishing license is required. 



Crater Lake, having no streams flowing from it, was not stocked 



