Fish
Steelhead Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Photo: USFWS, Public domain
Common Names
Salmon Trout
Habitat
Fort Clatsop
Conservation
Secure
First Observed
1805-10-08
Observed At
Clearwater River, near present-day Orofino, Idaho
Sea-run rainbow trout silvery in color. Introduced for sport and commercial fishing. Many native populations threatened.
Journal References
15 journal entries mention Steelhead Trout
Nov
12
1805
Clark: November 12, 1805
...sing them about at will I walked up the branch and
giged 3 Salmon trout. the party killed 13 Salmon to day in a branch about
2 miles above. rain Continued
Nov
13
1805
Clark: November 13, 1805
...ign, on the Spur
of the mountain tho not fresh. I killed a Salmon trout on my return. The
Hail which fell 2 nights past is yet to be Seen on the mountains; I Saw in
my r...
Mar
12
1806
Clark: March 12, 1806
... Porpus, Skaite, flounder,
Salmon, red-carr, two Specis of Salmon trout, mountain or Speckled trout,
and a Speceis Similar to one of those noticed on the Missouri within ...
Mar
12
1806
Lewis: March 12, 1806
...orpus, Skaite, flounder, Salmon, red
charr, two speceis of Salmon trout, mountain or speckled trout, and a
speceis similar to one of those noticed on the Missouri within ...
Mar
13
1806
Clark: March 13, 1806
...river or not at all Seasons, I am unable to
determine.
The Salmon Trout are Seldom more than two feet in length, they are narrow
in purportion to their length, at least m...
Mar
14
1806
Lewis: March 14, 1806
...safely asserted that the
red Charr and both speceis of the salmon trout remain in season longer in
the fall of the year than the common Salmon; but I have my doubts wheth...
Mar
16
1806
Clark: March 16, 1806
...the
branches proceed, lies deepest in the water.
The white Salmon Trout which we had previously seen only at the Great
Falls of the Columbia, or a little below the Great ...
Mar
16
1806
Lewis: March 16, 1806
... the
under shell. the animal is soft & boneless.
The white Salmon Trout which we had previously seen only at the great
falls of the Columbia has now made it's appearance ...
Apr
10
1806
Clark: April 10, 1806
... precure no provisions from those people except four
white Salmon trout. at 10 oClock Sergt. Pryor and Gibson joined us with
Collins who had killed 3 deer. these were all...
Apr
10
1806
Lewis: April 10, 1806
...ld obtain no
provision from those people except four white salmon trout. at ten oclock
Sergt. Pryor and Gibson joined us with Collins who had killed 3 deer.
these were a...
Apr
17
1806
Lewis: April 17, 1806
... of the rapids at this time take a few of the white salmon
trout and considerable quantities of a small indifferent mullet on which
they principally subsist. I hav...
Apr
27
1806
Lewis: April 27, 1806
...lains furnish them in great abundance. they also take a few salmon trout
of the white kind.Yellept haranged his village in our favour
intreated them to furnish us with fu...
Apr
27
1806
Clark: April 27, 1806
...ins furnish them in great abundance. They also take a fiew
Salmon trout of the white kind. Yelleppet haranged his village in our
favor intreated them to furnish us with f...
May
8
1806
Clark: May 8, 1806
...l taken off &c. I cought or took off those
willows 9 Small trout from 3 to 7 Inches in length. Soon after I returned
from the fishery an Indian came from a fishery...
May
8
1806
Lewis: May 8, 1806
... the fish decending
the stream Capt. C. took several small trout from this trap.
Neesh-ne-park-kee-ook and several other indians joined us this morning. we
gave t...