FISHES OF THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 21 



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

 way of trolling lures are whitebait and blueback 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 thrives 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 usuajly 

 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 falls, or Keppler Cascade, and in the Little Firehole below 

 Mystic Cascade and in Iron Creek. 



