THE STEELHEAD TROUT 223 



which "will please the most impatient of inexperienced 

 amateurs." 



The group of Rainbow Trout contains six species, all told, 

 the others being the Western Oregon Brook Trout; the McCloud 

 River Rainbow Trout, which is the species propagated by the 

 United States Bureau of Fisheries; the Kern River Trout; 

 Golden Trout of Mt. Whitney and Kern River, which Dr. Jor- 

 dan considers the most beautiful of all, and Stone's Trotd. All 

 these species are found only along the Pacific coast, between 

 Washington and southern California. 



The Steelhead Trout, ^ and its group. — The fish which 

 represents this group is of commanding size, and of high value 

 as a food fish. Its other names are Salmon Trout and Hard- 

 head. It reaches a maximum weight of 14 pounds, but usu- 

 ally its weight is between 5 and 8 pounds. It "ranks very 

 high as a game fish, and trolling for Steelheads in the bays, 

 sounds and river mouths along our Pacific coast affords 

 excitement and pleasure exceeded among the Salmonidae 

 only by trolling for Chinook Salmon." (Jordan and Ever- 

 mann.) 



This fish is regularly propagated by the United States 

 Bureau of Fisheries, by which it has been successfully planted 

 in Lake Superior. Great numbers are caught every year in 

 the Columbia River and canned for the eastern markets. It 

 is found in the streams flowing into the sea along the coast of 

 California, from southern California to Alaska. Its scales 

 are small, its form is salmon-like, and its color is silvery, with 

 a wash of rose-pink down the sides. 



' Sal' mo gaird'ner-i. 



