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with fish when discovered. One of the pioneers of Oregon, Will G. 

 Steel, superintendent of the park for several years and now United 

 States Commissioner there, took it upon himself to carry trout to the 

 lake in cans. They have prospered, and now Crater Lake offers good 

 rainbow and black-spotted trout fishing. No fishing license is required. 

 An interesting sidelight upon the introduction of fish into Crater Lake 

 was the problem of finding food for the fish. The trout at first refused 

 to grow because of the scarcity of fish food in the lake. A fresh-water 

 shrimp was finally found that grew rapidly in the lake and the trout 

 began to grow large and fat as soon as the shrimps became plentiful. 



In Lassen National Park the streams are well stocked with the native 

 California rainbow trout. The usual California fishing regulations pre 

 vail here and a California license is required. 



Yosemite National Park, with more than three hundred lakes and 

 streams, is well stocked with trout. More than a million fry have been 

 planted each year for several years in the waters of this park, and a new 

 rearing pond in Yosemite Valley now supplies the park with fingerlings. 

 The native trout is the rainbow. In addition there are German Brown, 

 eastern brook, Lock Leven, cutthroats, and a number of other exotic va 

 rieties, among them the steelhead, always prized by anglers. The steel- 

 head is a sea-running form of the rainbow trout, recognized by its small 

 head, its silvery body, and its large scales. Introduced into several Yo 

 semite lakes, this trout, ordinarily found only in the coast streams, has 

 increased in numbers and grown to good size. A California fishing 

 license is required, and can be obtained in the park. 



In Sequoia National Park the natives are the California rainbow and 

 the golden trout. The steelhead, Loch Leven, and cutthroat have been 

 introduced to Sequoia waters and have done well. A California fishing 

 license is required. 



Grand Canyon National Park offered some problems when the 

 rangers undertook to stock its waters, naturally barren, with trout. 

 There were fish in the river, but the waters were so muddy that fishing 



was not attractive. In 1925, 50,000 cut 

 throat trout eggs from Yellowstone were 

 shipped 1,200 miles by express to the 

 north rim of Grand Canyon, thence 250 

 miles by motor truck, 35 miles by pack 

 animals, and one mile on the backs of 

 rangers to the waters of creeks flowing 

 into the Colorado River on the north 

 slope. This was one of the most difficult 

 plants undertaken by the rangers. Dur 

 ing the entire distance, the eggs were 



