Excerpt from Biennial Report of Montana Fish and Game Commission, 1921-1922: Including Special Report of Superintendent of Hatcheries and a Brief Outline of the Work of the Biological Branch This species of salmon has been introduced with marked success in Ronan Lake. It has met with instant favor among anglers due to its fighting instinct which resembles that of the rainbow, its size and the flavor of its flesh. Specimens have been obtained which were more than thirty-six inches long. Such specimens when prime would weight twenty-five or thirty pounds. But at the time the specimen mentioned was captured. Due to spawning activities. It was in a very poor condition. This species. As well as others native to the Pacific coast, do not eat from the time they begin working on the spawning beds until after their spawning is completed, when they die. It has been hoped that they might live after spawning in our fresh water lakes. But examination of the Spawned out fish prove that they pass through the same stages of emaciation as do those which run to their spawn ng grounds direct from the ocean, and with the same results - death usually resulting after the spawning has been completed. In order to keep the waters stocked with this species it is necessary to obtain eggs each season from the Coast. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.