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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



LIFE HISTORY NOTES. 



LARGE MACKINAW CAUGHT IN 

 DONNER LAKE. 



Anglers in the Truckee liasin continue 

 to occasionally catch the mackinaw trout 

 (Cristovomer namaycush) . On July 26, 

 1921, Mr. W. B. Gelatt caught a 12-pound 



mackinaw trout in Donner Lake, using 

 minnow chubs for bait. 



The mackinaw trout was first planted 

 in Lake Tahoe in 1890, and a year later in 

 Donner and other nearby lakes, after the 

 successful hatching of a shipment of eggs. 



Fig. 60. Mackinaw trout, weighing 12 pounds, causht .luly 2fi. 1921, in Donner 

 Lake by W. B. Gelatt. Mackinaw trout was introduced into the waters of this lake 

 jn 1895, but the annual catch is very small. 



