Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-10
JORDAN TO
TELL STORIES
PRESIDENT OF STANFORD WILL
ADDRESS. CLUB
List of Food Fish Compiled by Edu.
Gator Includes Every Known
Variety of Salt and Fresh
Water

DIR. David Starr Jordan, perhaps the
most noted ichthyologist in the world
and president of Leland Stanford uni
versity, is to lecture before the Califor-
nit Rod and Reel club at some date to
be selected by him within the next
| month or two.
| The coming of DR.. Jordan to Los An
geles as a guest of the fishermen of the
southern coast is an event which is
| looked forward to by all the club men,
bers with a great deal of interest, and
| the banquet at which he will be the
guest of honor and the principal speaker
will be one of the notable events of the
| year.
The plans for the entertainment of DR..
Jordan have not been perfected, but at
| the banquet to be given him 1t is prob
able that several of the courses will
| consist of fish cooked in the styles of
all nations, and DIR. Jordan will prob
| ably treat in his remarks of the his
| tory, species and food value of the
fishes of California.
| This eminent authority on fishes has
| recently completed a classification OF
| the food fishes of California, and it is
a most valuable article for the fisher
man and the public generally.
Commencing with trout, DR.. Jordan
gives list of all the food fish of the
fresh and salt water variety in the state
| and the waters adjacent thereto.
Every stream in California says
DR.. Jordan, rs trout stream, and in
practically all it ought to be possible
to take trout in abundance. Unfor-
tunately, however the great enemy of
the angler, the trout hog, is natural
! lied in California, and in many of the
best streams the trout hardly gets
chance to lay its eggs
Native to California are the following
species of trout
l. The steelhead in the coastwise
streams running up from the sea. This
is the largest American trout.
2. The rainbow trout, the most
widely distributed of all. There are
number of local varieties-the true
rainbow of the coast streams, the
Shasta rainbow of the upper Sacra-
mento, the Gilbert rainbow of the Kern
and Kings river, and the golden trout
of Mount Whitney
8. The Tahoe trout. a splendid large
trout of the Nevada basin, introduced
into the Feather river, the Blue lakes
and other bodies of water. From 1t Is
developed the huge silver trout of Lake
Tahoe, spawning in the lake itself.
4. The cutthroat trout, the common
trout of the Columbia region, found
south of the Eel river In California.
5. The Dolly Warden trout of the
Great Variety
Besides the trout and salmon, Cali
fornia has a variety of game fishes.
Important. among these is the great
funny, or leaping tuna, which ranges
from $50 pounds to half ton in weight
and is found in great abundance about
Avalon on Santa Catalina. This Won
derful bay has many other rowing
fishes taken with the trolling spoon
chief among them being the yellowtail,
the albicore and the huge bass, called
the Jew fish. These noble fishes de-
serve protection from the amateur ang-
Ter who catches a dozen or a hundred
of them and has them hung up and
photographed. himself beside them, and
then hires the guard to buy them While
he goes away to havo fun of his own
fashion somewhere else. About the
Santa Barbara islands are the bar
racuda, or flying fishes, also OF the
game variety.
Some important additions have been
made to the fishes of California. The
eastern brook trout have been intro
duced in many streams. The striped
bass and the shad were both planted
as early as 1873 in California rivers
from the Potomac and the Schuylkill,
and have been of the greatest value TO
California. The striped bass can be
found in the market at all times and
in flavor these fish are as good as in
their native waters. Other fishes which
have been introduced are the carp,
which has proved an unmitigated nuis-
ance. two species of catfish, which,
while having value, have displaced bet
ter native fishes; the black bass, which
thrives we'll in the ponds. and the blue
green sunfish, introduced into Clear
lake as food for the bass. The most
valuable food fish yet to be introduced
is the Japanese ayu, or samlet, d.
minutive salmon about a foot long, as
delicate in flavor as a fish can be. 1t
1uns in countless numbers in all the
clear streams of Japan, Corea and For
mosa, and should have place in Cali
fornia The eel should also be Intro.
luced into our streams.
Chief Food Fishes
The following is list OF the chief
food fishes of California, arranged in
systematic order, beginning with those
of the simplest anatomical structure,
They are graded in classes a, those of
high importance; b, C and d, progress
sively less:
Soupfin shark Id, used by the Chi
nese; California ray Id, by Latin peo-
pie.
White sturgeon Cb); green sturgeon
(d).
Quinnat salmon (a); silver salmon
(c).
Steelhead trout (a); Tahoe trout (a).
Rainbow trout Ia; cutthroat trout
(d).
Dolly Warden Id :sulachon (c).
Shad introduced az.
Herring (a)
Sturgeon (a); anchovy (c); silver an
chovy ID; Moray Id; sucker Id; club
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