The Utah Trout 



Utah Trout 



Salmo virginalis (Girard) 



In all suitable streams and lakes of the old Lake Bonneville 

 basin, of which the waters of the Great Basin are the present 

 vanishing remnants, is found a trout which is profusely and finely 

 spotted, the spots being numerous anteriorly as well as poste- 

 riorly; scales a little larger than usual, in 140 to 150 lengthwise 

 series, and anteriorly less crowded than in the trout of the Rio 

 Grande, or in the green-backed trout. In partly alkaline waters, 

 such as in Utah Lake, this trout reaches a very large size, ex- 

 amples of 8 to 12 pounds being not uncommon. In these waters 

 it is very pale in colour, the dark spots being few and ' small, 

 and mostly confined to the back. 



The Utah trout is found in the streams and lakes of 

 Utah west of the Wasatch Mountains, especially in Bear, Provo, 

 Jordan and Sevier rivers, and in Utah Lake, where it is a very 

 abundant and important food-fish. 



Jordan's Trout ; Spotted Trout of Lake 

 Southerland 



Salmo jordani Meek 



In Lake Southerland, west of Puget Sound, is found a black- 

 spotted trout of the cut-throat series which, in colour, seems to 

 resemble the Utah trout. It is, according to Professor D. G. 

 Elliot, a "beautiful and exceedingly gamy trout, taking the fly 

 readily even as late as October, a great leaper when hooked, 

 and fights a I'outrance. In appearance it resembles Salmo 



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