This is essentially fish for the genuine angler, and many are the tales--true and otherwise--told of the sport the capture of this fish has afforded in the region.
There are several interesting peculiarities about the fish of Lake Tahoe and its region that it is well to note.

In the large lake (Tahoe) the native cutthroat grows to much the largest size--the 35-lb.

one referred to elsewhere being proof of its great growth.
The next in size is the Mackinac which is often caught as large as 10 lb., and now and again up to 15 lb.
In Fallen Leaf Lake, which was stocked with Mackinac some years ago, the native trout has become comparatively scarce, the former seemingly having driven it out, though in Lake Tahoe there is no such result.

In Fallen Leaf not more than one or two in ten will be cutthroats, while Mackinacs abound, up to 6 lbs.

and 7 lbs.