THE GOLDEN TROUT. 



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numerous. They have never been ii poimUir fish here. When caught tliey are usually thrown out on 

 I he bank and not carried home, an<l are seldom eaten l)y any but Japanese and Indians. 



The first planting done in the mountains was by a few ])ersons carrying rainbow trout from the 

 Big and Little Kern and their tributaries in cans to the streams and lakes on the western slope of the 

 mountains. Later, clubs were organized and assisted in the work, and in recent years the State 15sh 

 commissioners liave supplied many thousand of small fish for planting in the barren or not well- 

 stocked streams, .\mong these ('lubs have been the Visalia Sportsman's Club, the Visalia Game Club, 

 tlie Eshom Valley Fish and Rifle Club, a club at Porterville, and latterly the Tulare County Fish and 

 ( nmie L(':i<:iie, and tile Fish and (iame Protective Association, ■■l w Inch there are liranches at Visalia, 

 I'nrterville, Tlircciivers, and near Kings River. 



The first planting in the mountains of which we have any record was done by Mark Lavelle and 

 Xick AVren in Mineral King Creek, the trout being brought from the Little Kern in cans on pack ani- 

 mals. "Wiley AVatson, Arthur Crowley, and W. A. Ward were also among the first to carry rainbow 

 troutfrom "over the divide" to the Mineral King region. They were planted in Mineral KingCreek, 

 Redwood Canyon Creek, and in Kagle, Monarch, Crystal, and Lady Franklin lakes. Captains Parker 

 and Lockett and Lieutenant Dean nf the Fourth U. 8. Cavalry, and other officers detailed by the acting 

 superintendent of the S;(..|ii.iia and (Icncral (Jrant national parks, during several years lent valuable 

 assistance in the wnrk ni -[...kinL.' i he ijiciiniain siivaiii,<, ^Ictailing men and pack trains for the purjmsc. 



No plantings havi- 1 n ni.ai. ~im i<>.-liil tliuii iIiom- ,.f grown rainbow trout taken from the Sierra 



streams. They are prolilic and several ol the smaller streams have been stocked by rainbows only, 

 placed there a few at a time, and they are good strikers at the fly. 



There are still a number of streams entirely barren. Among these are Wolyerton Creek in the 

 Sequoia National Park, Whitney Creek (formerly called Crabtree Creek), running from the base of 

 Mount AVhitney to Kern River, and Le Conte Creek, having its source near the base of Mount Le 

 Conte and emptying into the Kern. These are all large and ideal trout streams, and should be stocked 

 at once. Other streams barren or imperfectly stocked, are Sherman Creek, East Branch of North 

 I'ork of the Kaweah near Redwood Meadow, Horse Creek near Hockett Meadow, Mill Flat Creek, 

 Sampson Creek (a triliutary of the last named), Ten Mile Creek, in the same region, and others 

 unnamed. Several lakrs iKirthcast of the Mount Whitney trail lu-ai Slicfp ^fountain, three lakes at the 

 head of Sugar Loaf Cnik iii tew iiship 14 south, range 30 east i Mount liialilo base and meridian) and 

 a great number of laki> al.out tin- headwaters of many of thr Mnalkr I. ranches of the Kaweah and 

 Kings rivers, .should lie stocked. 



In the following- tabular stat(>in(>nt; tliore iii-(^ JM-oiight tooethor all tlio records 

 of plantings in this region of which I have, been able to .secure definite infornuition. 

 For tl-P.«e records 1 am indebted almost wholly to Mr. Stewart and to Mr. Broder. 

 Doubtless a number of plantings have been made of which we have no complete 

 account, and many persons have been helpful in the work whose names have not 

 been recorded. There are included, on the authority of Mr. H. S. Blood, of Angels, 

 a number of transplantings made in the Sierras west of Lake Tahoe and elsewhere 

 north of the region with which this report more particularly deals. 



Table shoimng transplantings of trout and other fishes in waters of the High Sierras of southern Calif oniia. 

 Waters .stocked. Date. 



Big Arroyo, tributary 



to Kerii River. I 



Big Meadow Creeic 



Blue Lakes, near head ' ISM Tahoe I 



of MokeliimneRivcr. 

 nine Lakes I.s7:! 



Boulder Creek. 



Edward Hurlburt .... 



F. A. Bullard, S. L. N. 

 Elli.s, and fiis .sons, 

 Leonard, Marshall, 

 and Marvin. 



0. S. Boardman. of 



Hard. S, L. ! 

 ':ill, and .Ma 



