The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-07
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
CaIifornla brook Trout.

New YORK, 5.-From the report OF The
commissioners Of state fisheries Is ex-
trscted the following: Mr.. Roosevelt
the president, said that the high expeeta-
tions hsd by the commission by the IN.
PRODUCTION into the waters of this state OF
the mountain trout Of California. have
been fully realized. A great boon has
been conferred upon anglers OF the state
by the scclimAtization Of these fish, which
have been called rainbow trout. They
are fish of most exceeding beauty and
brilliant colors. The usual carmine
spots on the eastern trout are not found
on them, but their sides are cover ed with
spots rivaling the hues OF the rainbow,
and they shine aud CLEAN with marvellous
brilliancy. They take the by better than
our native trout, and are stronger
and harder on the hook. They also grow
larger than eastern trout, hatch In less
time and later in the year, 80 that taere
is abundant food for the young. They
stand higher temperature OF water than
native trout, and the young and old I'M
dergo rougher usage without serious IN
Jury. II the skin of eastern trout Is
abia ed, the fish will die of rapidly
a formulating fungus, but the rAlnboWs
cut and fight each other until their skin
i, fairly ragged, yet they will recover. In
flavor and taste they are fully equal to
Q .stern fab. They grow sir, eight and
tan, aud possibly twelve pounds. In me
spring Offs the commission received OH
eggs Of the California mountain trout,
ffom Mr.. Newell, of San Francisco. OF
these 800 Matched. They lived aud grew
until they were three years old, and com
msnced to spawn, which was in the spring
of '7S. They then weighed one pound
apiece, and only twenty-five were found
dead. The remaining US gave 6O,OOU
eggs, which when Matched were dlstrl0-
uted throughout the state, with the excep-
ton of II, W'0 retained ct the hatchery for
breeding. In the spring Of 1879 there
were of the old fab, 200 still alive, and
they produced 81, 600 young. These were
sill distributed but $4,000, Of which
scarcely any were lost In 1880 the
hatchery had $50 FIVE years old, IL ,eW
two years old, and 81, 900 one year Old.
In 1881 the 1900 were three years old,
and Of those first Matched in 1875 there
were 200 living. They have been han
died repeatedly for stripping Of spawn,
and during the spring season the
male trout have terrible battles 70
the possession of the females. Be
| fore this is over they are cut and tori
in a way THAT would seem to insur,
their death, but they scarcely mine
their injuries, and are soon as we'll 81
as ever. Last year the commission dis
tributed about 1900, 900 of the yeuDg il
exhausted trout brooks, and were pre-
pared to do much better, but the uncer.
tainty of the state appropriation causeC
the distribution to be suspended. Thi.
year about 100000 will be dis
iributed, and Superintendent Seth Greer
will commence work in due time. Els
pecisl attention will be given TO thei
distribution in the waters OF LongiIsland
The McCloud River trout. also obtained
from California, grow very large and
and both the varieties spawn in tn,
spring. These fish are the sportsmen
last best gift" was the enthusiastic en-
dorsement Of rainbow trout BY Nj
Roosevelt.