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San Diego Fire Protection Association
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Rare Trout Survives Poomacha Blaze |
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Written by Terry Rodgers
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Sunday, 04 November 2007 |
The rarest native trout in San Diego County has survived one of the worst wildfires in state history.
Evidence of the fish's endurance came Friday, when Point Loma resident and amateur naturalist Allen Greenwood surveyed the fish's habitat: Pauma Creek, which is part of the Pauma Indian Reservation in the foothills of Palomar Mountain.
Greenwood caught and released a 4-inch long native rainbow trout in a pool of water just below Jumping Rock. The trout was fooled by a fake olive fly with a barbless hook that did not damage the fish's mouth.
Measurements of the creek's waters Friday morning found the PH level at 8.2 and the temperature at 59 degrees, both favorable for the rainbow trout.
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