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 California State Fish Volcano Creek Golden Trout: by Joseph R. Tomelleri |
"Just as most native birds and mammals suffered adversity with the habitat changes accompanying settlement, so also the native freshwater fishes were partially displaced by the same changes. Clearing, logging, grazing, and road-building altered the hydrologic characteristics of most rivers in California, leading to higher runoff and more frequent flooding. Streambeds were scoured, and some gravel spawning beds are smothered in silt. |
Some native forms of trout like the Piute and Lahontan cutthroats are nearly extinct. Former strongholds such as Pyramid Lake at the mouth of the Truckee River, Lake Tahoe, and Independence Lake are essentially deviod of their native cutthroat populations. Heavy infusion of hatchery-raised rainbows has accelerated the demise of the cutthroats. Today most of the important fisheries of fresh waters in California are composed of exotic species, introduced from elsewhere. Brown trout, brook trout, black bass, crappie, bluegill, catfish, shad, and striped bass now supply most of the sport fishing in the state. The rainbow trout, which is native, continues to be important, and there are still modest salmon runs in a few of the undammed rivers. But by and large, California fisherman now seek mostly exotic fishes for their sport" | |
| B. Taylor |
| El Dorado | Nonfiction | ||
| The California Water Atlas | Nonfiction |
| Hell's Angels | Nonfiction |
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