Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast

by Harry Thom Payne

THE SALMON AND TROUT

Order, ISOSPONDYLI

Family, SALMONIDAE Subfamily, SALMONINAE

Genus		Species		Common Names		Range and Breeding Grounds
Oncorhynchus		tschawytscha		Quinant Chinook		From Monterey Bay north.
		nerka		Blue-back Redfish		Sacramento river north.
		kisutch		Silver salmon		From Monterey Bay north. Sacramento river north.
		keta gorbuscha		Dog salmon Hump-back salmon		From Sacramento river north. From Sacramento river north.
Salmo		irideus		Rainbow trout		From Lower California north.
		irideus auga bonito		Golden trout		Western slope of Mt. Whitney.
		irideus roosevelti		Golden trout		Western slope of Mt. Whitney.
		rivularis		Steel-head trout		From Ventura river north.
		clarki		Cutthroat trout		Central California north.
		tahoensis		Silver trout		Lake Tahoe.
		henshawi		Tahoe trout		Lakes Tahoe, Donner, Independence, Webber; Truckee and Carson rivers.
		jordani		Lake Southerland		Lake Southerland, Oregon.
		spilurus		Rio Grande trout		Tributaries of the Rio Grande river.
		plueriticus		Colorado trout		Tributaries of the Colorado river.
Salvelinus		parki		Dolly Varden trout		McCloud river north.
		fontinalis		Eastern brook trout		Acclimatized in many streams of the coast.

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SMALL-MOUTHED BLACK BASS (Micropterus dolomieu)

SMALL-MOUTHED BLACK BASS

(Micropterus dolomieu)

The black bass is not a native of the coast, but both species are now so well established in our waters that they must now be classed as permanent residents, for whether it is the crystal lake, the flowing stream, the little pond, the artesian-fed reservoir or the brackish slough, they thrive equally well and take any lure from the artificial fly to the plebeian angleworm.