jft\ H'l FISHES .OF-THE PACIFIC COAST 



are shown either mounted or on the gaff, so that they 

 may tell their own story as far as possible. Many of 

 the fishes are confined to a very restricted region of a 

 few hundred miles, and many to Southern California 

 only. 



LOCALITIES 



The Pacific Coast is particularly rich in its fishes. 

 The sea abounds in them; the rivers and lakes are 

 the home of that extraordinary trout, the indigenous 

 rainbow, while others have been introduced, so that 

 the Pacific Slope of North America, and particularly 

 California, has become the most remarkable angling- 

 and fishing-ground in the world. This is particularly 

 true of Southern California, where a fishing-ground 

 has been located about the islands of Santa Catalina 

 and San Clemente (a government island), that has at- 

 tracted world-wide attention and is visited by over one 

 hundred and seventy-five thousand persons annually. 



The fishing regions of the Pacific Slope may be di- 

 vided into several districts: 



First That of the Sierra Nevada, including the 

 lakes, such as Tahoe, Klamath, Pend d'Orelle, Lake 

 Chelan and others, numbering many hundreds; and 

 the rivers, such as the Kern, Truckee, Sacramento, 

 Russian, Merced and others. 



Second The Bay region of San Francisco, with its 

 salmon, black bass, striped bass, steelhead and trout. 



Third The salmon and trout regions of Washing- 

 ton and Oregon. 



Fourth The region about Monterey Bay, including 

 the salmon trout in the Sequel, Carmel and other 

 rivers. 



