Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . unding streams, thewaters of Utah Lake, in the summer at least, being milky with remaining fish of this family to which I need refer, is the DollyVarden trout, or charr, which is the finest of the trout-like fishes on thiscoast. It is found in the Upper Sacramento, and thence along the lineof the Cascade range as far as Kamtschatka. It often enters the sea,where it loses its spots and becomes plain silvery gray. I have myselfobtained a specimen, weighing eleven pounds
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . unding streams, thewaters of Utah Lake, in the summer at least, being milky with remaining fish of this family to which I need refer, is the DollyVarden trout, or charr, which is the finest of the trout-like fishes on thiscoast. It is found in the Upper Sacramento, and thence along the lineof the Cascade range as far as Kamtschatka. It often enters the sea,where it loses its spots and becomes plain silvery gray. I have myselfobtained a specimen, weighing eleven pounds, near Seattle, in PugetSound, but in the mountain streams specimens weighing even a singlepound are comparatively rare. It is true of all the trout that their sizedepends upon the conditions. They all grow large in the sea, and inthe little mountain brooks their size corresponds to their advantages;every trout, large or small, is perfect so far as he goes. The Dolly Var-den trout is scarcely different from the Eastern Brook trout, the slightdifference being, on the whole, to his advantage. It is rather plumper. REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 141 in body than the brook trout of the East. The red spots are found onthe back as well as on the sides, and the back and-upper fins do notshow the dark green marblings which are characteristic of Salvelimisfontinalis. In food, in body, and in gaminess, the Dolly Varden, orSalvelinus malmn (this, too, a Russian name, first given it by Steller),is not inferior to its Eastern cousin. Everywhere on the Pacific Slope, in every clear stream of the Cascade,the Sierra Nevada, the Coast Range, Rocky Mountains, and all theirflanking ranges, some variety of trout abounds. This region should bethe Mecca of anglers as it is of all lovers of the beautiful and thesublime in nature. In the East the trout or charr has almost passedaway. The Hrout hog has devoured him, and the angler is turninghis hand unwillingl} to black bass and tarpon, a
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