The Beardslee Trout

taken from http://www.fishingphotos.net/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/2694/title/beardslee-trout-2c-lkcrescent-2c-wa/cat/502

On a recent trip into the majestic Olympic National Park i heard about a native Trout i'd never heard of before. A ranger at the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center told me about the Beardslee Trout.
My question which started the conversation was actually about the Brook Trout found in Grand Valley, a popular hiking destination in the park. The conversation turned to the range sharing about the only native lake trout found in the park, The Beardslee!!
The Ranger went on to tell me that trout ran up from the Strait of Juan De Fuca to Lake Cresent at one time. A huge landslide cut off the route up to the lake creating two lakes: Lake Cresent and Lake Sutherland. Lake Sutherland was at one time apart of Lake Cresent . The trout which were in Lake Cresent at the time became landlocked and became a subspecies of trout.
The Beardslee Trout is still in the lake today though the population has slowly decreased. Simply fascinating!!!
I hope to one day catch one of these "Bluebacks" as their called.

Take from http://www.washingtontrout.org/crescent.shtml

The text above was all info from the ranger, below is info i found on the web.


http://www.washingtontrout.org/crescent.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beardslee_trout
http://www.craigmagnuson.com/beardslee.htm
://httpwww.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nccb1F_koKE