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FOREST AND STREAM 
Feb. 24, 1912 
The result of this plant was very good. Last 
month, Senator Collins caught a large hybrid 
that was full of spawn and would probably have 
spawned during the month of February. He 
has also caught several other of the hybrids. 
They were all beautiful and gamy trout, and the 
flavor was delicious, and all showed a remark¬ 
able growth and all were marked by the red 
dash under the gi.ls. Lately a few of these 
trout have been caught in Lake Whatcom. 
The native trout of Lake Whatcom is a cut¬ 
throat. During the last few years Whatcom 
county has maintained a trout hatchery on the 
lake, and some steelhead spawn have been ship¬ 
ped to this point and there hatched and the 
young cared for, and when large enough to se¬ 
cure their own food have been liberated in the 
lake. The State Fisheries Department planted 
a number of young steelheads in this lake and 
there is no doubt that these fish have crossed 
with the native cutthroat trout. The specimens 
taken from Lake Whatcom are certainly a sp'en- 
did trout. 
I should not be surprised if the steelhead and 
the cutthroat have crossbred in nearly all the 
trout streams of this State for many years; that 
is, at least the landlocked specimens. 
In any of the streams can be found the cut¬ 
throat steelheads, and as they spawn about the 
same seasons of the year, there is no doubt in 
my mind that they crossbreed. 
In Dumphkey’s Lake I found steelheads <hat 
would weigh from one to four pounds, and cut¬ 
throats that would weigh from one to three 
pounds. Specimens of the hybrids that would 
weigh from one to two pounds were also found. 
Some hybrid females were found that had 
spawned out, and some male hybr'ds were found 
that were partially spent and spawned also quite 
a large number of small trout, probably ten or 
twelve months of age were seen. Good resu’ts 
are expected from the take of spawn from the 
fish during the coming season. 
Besides the steelhead and cutthroat, the only 
native trout found in the waters of this State 
is the Dolly Varden fsometimes called the bull 
trout). This trout also consists of the sea run 
and the landlocked varieties. When caught in 
salt water, the spots are very d'm; sometimes 
they can be hardly noticed. Aftgr being in fresh 
water a short time the spots begin to turn to 
an orange hue and sometimes to a bright red. 
The young of this species also landlocks and is 
often found high up in the mountain streams. 
Usually the trout of this species when taken from 
the brook or moun‘ain stream are found to be 
very sma'l and the spots almost white. 
In this State the Dolly Varden spawn in the 
fall. As a usual thing, this species are not very 
gamy, and there is about as much sport in pull¬ 
ing an old boot out of the wa'er as there is in 
catching a Dolly Varden. 
These fish are great scavengers and in the fall 
and winter months live principally on the salmon 
which have died after spawning. They are great 
destroyers of the young salmon, and constantly 
feed on the spawn of all salmon during the 
spawning season. 
They are not to be compared with the cut¬ 
throat or the landlocked steelhead in either 
gameness or flavor. If we had fewen.-, Dolly 
Vardens. we would have more cutthroats, steel¬ 
heads and salmon, as they destroy millions of 
the young of all these fishes, besides large quan¬ 
tities of their spawn; in fact, they are a very 
undesirable fish. 
1 here have been some Eastern brook trout 
planted in the waters of this State, but we ready 
have no native species of mountain or brook 
trout in this State. The best posted and scien¬ 
tific men class the Beards’ey trout as a land¬ 
locked steelhead, therefore in the State of Wash¬ 
ington the native trout consists solely of the 
steelhead, cutthroat and Dolly Varden. 
Without particular attention being paid to the 
hybrids produced from the cutdiroat and steel¬ 
head, they would be classed as cutthroats, al¬ 
though they differ somewhat in appearance. I 
am well aware that the cutthroat caught in the 
same streams wil’ differ somewhat in appear¬ 
ance, but the difference between the cutthroat 
and hybrid is of a different nature. 
The hybrids are a splendid lake trout and 
take-either a fly or spoon. As in all probability 
there will be a great many of these trout planted 
in the waters of this State, I should like very 
much to have someone suggest a name for this 
W HEN a man living in New York city de¬ 
cides to go a-hunting for deer, it is not 
necessary for him to go to another State 
and pay the high-priced license required for a 
non-resident. For the $1.10 a year which he 
pays for shooting ducks on Long Island, he may 
go to the Adirondacks and have just as much 
fun. 
The Adirondack woods abound in deer. All 
one needs to do is to look for a place where the 
animals have not been hunted too much and 
where humanity has not been too frequent a 
visitor. Such a place I found last fall near 
Cranberry Lake. I waited until the New York 
Central reduced its fare for the fall vacation. 
It then amounted to one fare plus two dollars, 
and I got an excursion ticket for $14 which took 
me to Wanakena, N. Y., landing me alongside 
Cranberry Lake. For fifty cents a motor boat 
took me from there to Bear Mountain camp. It 
is a beautiful sail of ten miles on one of the 
most magnificent lakes of the country. 
Bear Mountain Camp consists of two hand¬ 
of Bear Mountain. “Johnny” Balderson, the 
proprietor, who charges $12 per week for a 
clean spacious room and an excellent table; is 
a clever young fellow possessed of a lively tem¬ 
perament, besides being a thorough sportsman. 
He is ready to do anything to satisfy you. 
However, on arriving there, you learn the fact 
that that part of the country was only recently 
opened to the world at large, that a railroad was 
built there only a short time ago, and the shoot¬ 
ing fraternity does not know much about it. 
"Vou discover the real primeval woods, occas¬ 
ionally you meet a ’coon, a rabbit or a porcupine 
which regards you with more wonder than fear. 
On the lake you see flocks of ducks flying to 
and fro, you hear the disagreeable “Ha-ha” of 
species of trout. I think the Fisheries Depart¬ 
ment of this State is the first to take up this ex¬ 
periment. 
The cuts shown in connection with this article 
are made from photographs of the steelhead, 
cutthroat and hybrids taken from Dumphkey’s 
Lake, and of a Dolly Varden taken from the 
Nooksack River. The so-called brook and moun¬ 
tain trout, which are in reality land’ocked speci¬ 
mens of the rainbow and cutthroat, were taken 
from a brook and small mountain stream near 
Mt. Baker. 
The sea run steelhead from the Wind River 
tributary to the Columbia River and the young 
salmon (so-called salmon trout) were taken 
from the waters of the Puget Sound near Skagit 
Head. 
The study of the trout in this State is very 
interesting, as there are thousands of beautiful 
mountain streams which, while they now contain 
some trout, could be stocked up to such an ex¬ 
tent that the State of Washington would become 
the sportsmen’s paradise. 
the loon, and besides the countless hoof marks 
of the deer in the woods, you see also the occas¬ 
ional imprint of a bear’s paw in the runways. 
There are quite a number of partridges and 
they are comparatively tame. The reason is that 
they have not been molested by dogs, or per¬ 
haps have not been hunted at all, for the sports¬ 
men going there in season are out for big game 
only. 
Here I wish to speak about the outfit in the 
woods. It is not important what one wears. 
Most important are his shoes. I had a pair of 
hunting boots for which I paid $12. They al¬ 
most killed me. Get light moccasins, waterproof, 
if possible. Take along a light fishing shirt to 
protect you against the rain. 
I was the only sportsman among a number of 
others who had a featherweight .303 repeater. 
Some of the men had iimm., 9mm. and .404 
magazine rifles, .405 repeaters and .35 and .401 
autos. They looked askance at my little rifle 
and passed some unpleasant remarks. Balder¬ 
son, however, said it was big enough. Later, 
with that toy rifle dropped in its tracks. 
A canvass revealed to me the fact that with 
the ten or twelve men in camp, only one buck 
was .shot. What was the reason? All of them 
had seen deer, shot at them, but missed—missed 
with all their cannon! More important, they 
slept late, went out three or four together and 
made as much noise as a wild elephant in a 
crockery store. They were all disheartened and 
decided to go home. I on the contrary, was en¬ 
couraged, and I decided to stay on and get my 
deer. 
I thought it a good thing for the animals in 
the woods to be confronted by such hunters, who 
see deer, shoot at them and miss. Mind you, 
ten or twelve men, seeing deer and shooting at 
Big-Game Hunting in New York State 
By D. M. HERMALIN 
some cottages, with all accessories and improve¬ 
ments. They are near the lake and at the foot 
when my guide appeared, he had a .25-20 re¬ 
peater and claimed that every deer he had shot 
