It was interesting in  yesterday’s post that in the. late 1800s and early 1900s Pyramid Lake Paiutes would sale Lahontan Cutthroat trout in Susanville. On the other hand it was common for the Anglo settlers during the spring of catch and haul wagon loads of Eagle Lake trout to sale on the streets of Susanville for twenty-five cents a pound. Yet, the local Native American populace did not harvest the trout like their counterparts of Pyramid Lake. This practice of harvesting Eagle Lake trout came to abrupt halt in 1917 when the State of California adopted. legislation, making it illegal to sell trout (excluding domesticated stock) from lakes and streams.

In the early 1900s bass were planted in Eagle Lake and they thrived. Some ambitious fishermen would from time to time would sale their bounty catches. It should be noted, that the bass population was greatly diminished and finally disappeared the lake in the 1930s. This was due in part of the lake’s water quality, with an increased alkaline content and reduction of marsh areas where the bass thrived caused by the lowering effects of Bly’s tunnel and the drought years.

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