4 FISHES OF THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 



warm waters, but the fact is evident that geyser water does not kill 

 trout. Heart Lake was also mentioned where trout were found most 

 plentiful about the mouth of warm Witch Creek and in Boiling River, 

 which drains the Mammoth Hot Springs and flows into Gardiner River, 

 where trout abounded about the mouth, and where the conventional 

 trick of catching a trout in cold water and scalding in hot water is 

 possible. 



The first fish-cultural distributions in the park waters were in 1889, 

 when several species were transplanted and introduced. From that 

 time to the present many fish of various species have been planted, 

 according to available records, as follows: 



Native whitefish (Coregonus williamsoni] 12, 980 



Native trout (Salmo clarkii) 9, 009, 968 



Rainbow trout (Salmo irideus) 61, 390 



Loch Leven trout (Salmo levenensis) ' ] 7, 195 



Landlocked salmon (Salmo sebago) 9, 000 



European brown trout (Salmo fario) 9, 300 



Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) 42, 025 



Eastern brook trout (Salrelinus font! mil ix) 41, 650 



I ,argemouth black bass ( Mirropterus xulinoules ) 750 



PRINCIPAL FISHING IN THE PARK. 



Of the foregoing, the landlocked salmon and black bass have shown 

 no evidence of their survival, but more or less of the others have bo- 

 come established and some of them abound even in waters previously 

 uninhabited by fish. 



In many of the localities the fishing is reported to be excellent, not 

 only for the introduced forms but for native trout, otherwise called 

 blackspotted or cutthroat trout. Where whitefish and grayling 

 naturally occur they are usually plentiful. 



The season does not begin much, if any, before July, by which time, 

 according to one of the following authorities, "the plethora of water 

 has disappeared and the streams flow swift, clear, and cold. At this 

 season of the year trout fishing is at its best." 



Information regarding the fishing in various localities may be found 

 in the reports of the superintendent of the park, particularly that of 

 1897, and the following publications: 



Fish in the National Park and tributaries of Snake River propagation of whitefish. 

 By J. E. Curtis. Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, vol. iv, for 1884, p. 335-336. 



A reconnoissance of the streams and lakes of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., 

 in the interest of the United States Fish Commission. By David Starr Jordan. Bulle- 

 tin U. S. Fish Commission, vol. ix, for 1899, p. 41-63, with map and many plates. 



A reconnoissance of the streams and lakes of western Montana and northwestern 

 Wyoming. By Barton W. Evermann. Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, vol. xi, for 

 1891, p. 3-60, with plates and maps. 



A woman's trout fishing in Yellowstone Park. By Mary Trowbridge Townsend. 

 Outing, vol. xxx, no. 2, May, 1897, p. 163-164. 



