THE (ioI.DKPf TKOITT. 2'.' 



said to have taken COO or 7oo trout from Volcano Creek in one day." During the 

 time our party was on Volcano Ci-eek three to five other parties were camping at 

 different places along its course. Each of those parties contained two to ten persons, 

 and they all depended chiefly on the creek for their meat. How fnany trout were 

 taken daily there is no means of knowing, hut the number must have been very largi'. 

 One party of three acknowledged that they ate 6.5 one day for supper. 



ItECOMJIENDATlOXS FOU THE l'ROTE(n'H)N OF THE COEDEN THOUT. 



Provision for the protection and preservation of the golden trout should proceed 

 along two lines, viz: Through fish-cultural operations and ]>y imposing I'cstrictions 

 on its capture. 



^[rtip'<yiil pr<>/i'i,/<it!(iii. — Th(> golden trout is a hardy fish and stands transporta- 

 tion well, as shown liy th(> following statement of Mr. Chas. A. Vogelsang, chier 

 deputy (if the California fish commission: * 



Some years ai;ii . I. Suli Johnston, of Visalia, Tirouglit dnwn some s])cciiiiens of golden trout, but 

 iKit lieiiig thoroughly lauiiliar with the best methods to follow in transporting them he lost about four- 

 lillhs of the number. The remainder were placed in our Sisson hatchery, where we kept them for 

 [in >l lably eight months, and where we expected to take spawn from them, but an accident to our water 

 sii|i|ily cost us these tish. We hope this coming summer to send one of our experienced men into the 

 Whitney Creek region to collect as many four-inch to six-inc'h trout as we can, transport them to Sis- 

 stin, and place them in our hatchery ponds to be used as breeders. 



In tlii^ spring of 1905 Mr. Earl L. Morris, of Stanford University, visited Cot- 

 tonwood Creek and caught with hook an(^ line and seine 50 trout, which he took 

 without loss to San Francisco, where they were exhibited for several weeks at the 

 Exposition of the Pacific Fish and Game Association. They were then transferred 

 without a fatality to the Sisson hatchery, where thej' will be propagated by the 

 California fish commission. This is the South P'ork of Kern tiout, but it is i)roljably 

 no more hardy than the Volcano Creek species. 



In May, 1!H)6, the United States Bureau of Fisheries attempted to estiiblish a 

 temporary station on Volcano Creek for the purpose of taking the eggs of the golden 

 trout. It was found that the spawning season was practicalh' over before the station 

 could be installed, and the matter was postponed temporarily. A number of fish 

 (iiti-t) were captured, however, and carried practicallj' without loss on pack animals 

 to Lone Pine, whence they were shipped in care of a special messenger to the Lewis 

 and Clark Exposition at Portland. Through a mishap, however, the entire lot was 

 lost en route. 



Although the efl'orts thus far made ha\e not proved successful, it is not believed 

 that an}' real difficulties exist to prevent the carrying of trout from Volcano Creek 

 to one or more of the trout hat(;heries of the Bureau, and it is hoped that another 

 ellort may soon be made. If a immber of tish can once lie gotten to one of the 

 hatcheries it will l)e easy to propagate the species artificially. 



There are many small moiuitain streams in the Western States where this fish 

 would certainly thrive. It should also be tried in certain streams in the East. A 

 small, clear stream, with low temperature and fine gravelly bottom, preferably of 



