Fish

The Kamloops Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss kamloops) was introduced to California in June 1950. 1,000 yearlings brought in from British Columbia were released in Shasta Lake by certain sportsmen out of Redding, CA. Since then, they have been introduced within other lakes of the Sierra such as Crowley Lake. It is the largest non-migratory Rainbow Trout. Kamloops prefer stillwater…

  The Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi), also known as the black spotted trout by the Paiute Indians, once flourished throughout the basins of Pleistocene Lake Lahontan. The trout reached epic sizes as Capt. John Fremont recounted that the Paiutes brought Lahonton trout to his camp in 1843. He wrote “Their flavor was excellent–superior,…

  The  Volcano Creek Golden trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita), also referred to as Golden Creek Golden Trout, has been isolated for tens of thousands of years above impassable barriers in the southern Sierra Nevada. Through this time, the Golden Trout has evolved into a fish so unique and colorful that the California Legislature has named…

  The Little Kern Golden trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss whitei ), is native to high elevation streams and lakes in the Little Kern River, a major tributary to the Kern River in the southern Sierra Nevada. In the early 1900’s anglers and the Department of Fish and Game, eager to improve fishing, unwittingly threatened the Little Kern golden…