The San Francisco call. [volume], April 07, 1907, Page 16, Image 16

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THE TROUT FISHERMAN'S CALIFORNIA
PARADISE.
'~jfeTiiSHfQiit*iSezio7i~\s open/ This"
, \;^'»Bl«* < wU;~- a 7*fereac».tb-;thatdear
: cld.Tish dficjple^JsaalciWaltoit It is,
iaitroutistdryiipura'ana-iSOTFIe.' and as
.% \u25a0 sup!K|dßhall|Se§sl4!^^.- •\u25a0 4 - \u25a0"• \u25a0"- "" . :
i Ot"» hundre<J.yeat's % a,go i the, waters. of
explored : for
i twoj men who ex- .
plore-r i h cm, 1 .e^ia and *Clark',' found a '
-\u25a0^ce-rtatn -9omelnUJg.-.- in; '..these -waters
. k»«h gq ome{t ? ijto.<,themi.;good.v That:
' -ko me thing fewast? trout, -and that .trout
was the^firstJtrue* trout* ever found In
Ths.word!troutt 7 com*es'from th* Latin
; ;-..-i truUa,; jVauloi»^*"-toV trqltei . afterward
I : beeomlng^trouViiln; English. 1 . -Doubtless
c i iandloclcedvW&nio^rav* Wrth- 1«" th* ;
-^SOrst trout; perhf-psltß«ir ! original birth
place; waß^not>*^the«s»nd>mil*s from
SellU!tfci6«^&Sc*Jtnat'nrst^ birth
nillions-«f £trout";:hav»' traveled up acd
: dowa^th* vriv«r«;Rthatjrpnilnto th*;saa:
• 'wt through ..
•neither driver ? tlll*>ionr4lines ''of ! tham
have reachedifrom-'Scotland to Chlhtxa
hua, from •-Slohtanatf tot'ithe j Pyrenees. \u25a0
DurJngrfthest^varJous .--peregrinations
man, v 3busy ( |man,.'has^ studied, and dss-
tho*a.
- parent" trput^couJdXthey'Kasa on tho re
' Bult^of.fthe,tr.<¥lfortavlwould open "finny
eyestls3Hrwonder.i;a4iihe v names. and va-.
offspring.
: \u25a0.^A:numbt©r:of thejje*propa»ated'species
|^«^ff>u»d^lnl^C»llfon^is-;<The - most
pr!miavo^bf|*th«Sdi i^-no doubt. -Is
,the; on'elnamed^f pr:;:.Wlliram Clark, the-
vdisooVefer'^ of rV.tha ;\u25a0= Columbia
:;cßiv9rJitrou^!Sßofn*;4n /Alaska, :lt has
*"..worked^i"4ts>?-way'%'Bouthward 'as far '
.g: "iE.sithe^EilißiVer..xUn^ California; east
ward. v across V: the into Mion
:-; tana;^.Thfs^C?r4V* v trout Is invarl-.
-'A •bjy>fdlstipguisfi(?.a 'from = all ' others • by
i/ntKefhalf-hldden -gash :of bright scarlet'
i^ f o jiriij^i us t; below? the : base of tha ? lower
j^i'jaw^£T.ht3c>peculiar-; phenomenon has
- \u25a0 giyeri >, to f: i the iflsh 7 ; the name of cut
1;., throat. Another.; marking sign is the
rather slops "-li^ad^whlclii forms nearly
r,:-r^s;v:^-s \u25a0,^\-\ \u25a0.-'\u25a0-..\u25a0\u25a0.. -.-^,si:^-- \u25a0\u25a0- \u25a0 . :
»Che Sail -E^^^co Suuday^ Oal
"-- - \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 - • \u25a0 -\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 :-'-'• ''\u25a0 ' .. ' ~ . ." '**' "~*^
l^»^ottrt!i":of "th9:leaeth of. tha txM
rfjiromSth© - snouts to the" base of tl
-caudal Jirv\ TlioTmlddle line of the bai
" of I ihVtuilg'ue sho v.-s a I narrow Una \u2666
"very- slender teeth, besides the. largi
v tpeth surrounding the* edge of tl
(tongue common to all trout- It Is mo
.-'liberally spotted, but a trout cannot 1
distinguished by. its spots, because thi
'\u25a0 'vary f constantly.* In lake water th«
• 'grow faint, awhile' in sea water thi
disappear* :. altogether, being replaci
' ."by-Va- phosphorescent r silver shea
L What- is true of rthe; spots as regarj
i Varlatloh'ls •also' true of the fle3h a<
."-' size. : -They both vary, J and a 1 specii
\ -which may re.'ich maturity at six Inch*
• <in-V. mountain" -brook, may reach, ,
i ltr«rshtjc'df ;ten or even twenty poun<
when taltenin sea water. "It 'ls a hard
and vigorous fls>. butlts fighting: qua!
tics depend upon ; the character of t|
: ; streams.. I C is, a singular fact that i
i trout in warm water shows very HttJ
.^sameness."
;, -'Al,A 1 , direct descendant .of . ;th» cxi
1 throat or trout 'of the red gash- i» U
• -.Tahde' trout. \ It \u25a0 is a ; supposedly - prl
t \u25a0'moral -dweller in" toe Vanished
lake 'called .J^ahontan-, Plscovered i
[.Lake Tahoe In Hll\it has migrated i
• ;largo numbers as, far as tha • Feath*
I 'and: Stanislaus .rivers in California aq
: is abundant on the western slope Of tB
' Sierras. "When; mature this trout usuall
'•weighs "from two to; three pounds," bl
i 'speclesAweighing from seven to -two
. ty-elght. pounds , have- been captured I
vthejgleaming;' pellucid -depths -of Lai
I . T4hpe.*,Vt' "'*• ' • ~ ; ' ; ' ';\u25a0'\u25a0 '" ' •*\u25a0 '
1 " i : "A' fine."'; large , trout known as th
\u25a0 steelhead is found in the mountal
, - streams from * Skagway to Santa Bat
/ bara. This fish is, distinguished by il
, short head, small scales and low dors*
, " fin. \u25a0 'It - has usually" but three or foil
rows of dark spots on Its body and do«
, not care to go far from tho sea excel
. In "large river?. A marked differentia
I tion: of this type Is that tha old flsh#
>-dp not, die after spawning. Very s$
very in salt water.' spots begin to ay
j^pear. If .the; fish is relegated to fresl
. and in small streams it becomes e.i
, ceedlngly spotted; in fact, as much a
. as the splendid rainbow trout. It I
. a fine, game fish, taking, the hook freet
. andlvlgorously. But the trout of, Call
\u25a0 • fornia, 1 to which every permanent brooi
I offers; a .habitation, Is the . glorioust |
i spotted, splendidly game flshknown a
, the rainbow trout. In this magniflcen
i fish the head is larger than in any othe
r of these trout; there are no teeth on th
middle line' of the tongue, and. the ol
males display a good deal of red alont
the sides. It is superbly, strong an!
vigorous, being able to leap over smat
waterfalls, . and - is undeniably th
gamest and nerviest of the whole trou
tribe. -'It responds readily to tha lvi»
of a' grasshopper or salmon egg an
takes "; the fly ; eagerly. The 31cCIou
River can* sh.ow many beautiful apeel
mena, , in which the river coloration t
plainly marked.
Mount Whitney, abounding In cleat
• cold- streams and waterfalls of iridea
I cent beauty, claims the daintiest an»
I most beautiful of all California trout t'
>' the. shape of. the tiny golden trou
found in Volcano Creek. Shallow am
open. - this clear stream flows ova
rocks of orange-colored granite, an
the exquisite, flashing bodies of thaa
tiny • trout have taken on tho j sasa
glowing shades as the rocks over whlcl
they float and swim. / Th« body * I
largely golden yellow, with a scarl*
stripe along : the mlddla of tha aid*
. the lower fins are bright oranga. The*
bewilderingly beautiful . fish ar« ra.refi
a foot' long, but make up for lad
of slzo by 'exceeding gamen*aa In tai
Ing the fly. % In imminent danger a
utter extermination owing to its «*
trernely { restricted habitat In Volcaai
Creek and to the eaaq with which I
may be captured, President Boosovali
for whom tho flsh Is named, brourU
the matter to the attention of the Cons
- mtssloner of -Frsheries. • Complyln|
•with tile President's request, an Invests
gatlon was j made to ascertain wnsi
regulations were, necessary forth* ad)
. equate protection of tha species. ThiJ
,J report has not yet : been mada publics.
l\ t The -Kern River country i» marral
r'^ously rich In- mountain streams an]
;" small mountain lakes. Tet. many oi
\u25a0..'"\u25a0\u25a0these lakes and streams in their Q99«t
*~-t'G&Xuai3i are entirely without flahk Ij
**>_tW»^region -tho " streams ar«" trplaai
• mountain ones, all more or less tarta
\ ..'-. l enl ) and ,.contalnln g many rapids, l ex*
'. .:;cides : ,and>waterfalls. Thsan falls *U
i?r nearly i';an^'fiia tributary, Kern B±m
-.\u25a0streams •have proved lrapasaatU ban
filers Vto>tfie Jflah. 'bat still th« •XQnisitl
=,';\u25a0\u25a0 goldenstrbut,'-, together with two oth«i
~r% species i equally; beautiful, httrt b«*i
fx^S o;un"d;"{each">:-'. isolated in .s> partJculai
-Vr.ste«ain > an'd'eaehreu v t'ofe from tha maij
-Kextt v - illv«r^ trout pz' » -J»ftw