I Didn't Know

Man I Had No Clue That There Were So Many Types Of Trout To Be Caught, Found This On The Net.

Did you know there are at least 8 different common species of trout as well as several different hybrid and subspecies of trout?

There's rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout, golden trout, bull trout, apache trout, gila trout, and lake trout - to name a few. Then there are common hybrid trout such as tiger trout, splake trout, brookinaw trout, brownbow trout, bowcutt trout and more.

I Tell Ya It Would Take Me Years Of Fishing These Things To Be Able To Tell Ya Which Ones Were Which.

There's at least one more too Mike. It's called a "Lahonton" Cutthroat Trout. They have them in Pyramid Lake, which is just outside of Reno, Nevada. They get to be the size of medium sized Chinook Salmon, or large Steelhead. I fished for them there at Pyramid Lake about thirty years ago with a couple of firemen I worked with down in California when I lived there. We didn't catch any.


Photo by Pete Rissler

Restoring habitat for fish and people
by
Jason Dunham

"This article first appeared in 'Trout' magazine (Spring 1998), published by Trout Unlimited. For more information about Trout Unlimited, see http://www.tu.org."

Those who know Lahontan cutthroat trout often think of big fish in unlikely places. During the latter part of the 1800s and early 1900s, Lahontan cutthroat trout was commercially fished by the ton in the desert lakes of Nevada. Individual fish grew to 20- 60 pounds in Pyramid and Walker Lakes, and in Lake Tahoe. But, by the early 1940s these fish had largely disappeared. Today, Pyramid and Walker Lakes harbor popular sport fisheries, but the big fish of yesteryear remain only as memories. Declines of Lahontan cutthroat trout in these lakes resulted from a host of problems, including overfishing, dams and water diversions, habitat loss, and effects of non-native fishes, including rainbow, brook, brown, and lake trout. Today, Lahontan cutthroat trout is listed as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). They now occupy less than 3% of their former habitat in the Walker, Carson and Truckee River basins of northeastern California and western Nevada.


Catches of Lahontan Cutthroat Trout in Walker and Pyramid Lakes prior to 1940.

Continued progress toward improved hatchery management and habitat restoration should improve the Pyramid Lake and lower Truckee River fisheries, but it is unclear whether a trophy fishery of historical proportions will be realized again. Restoration of cutthroat trout populations in other area lakes and streams in the area may prove even more challenging. For example, large populations of non-native trout in Lake Tahoe may pose a hazard to reintroduced Lahontan cutthroat trout, and declining water levels in Walker Lake threaten to completely destroy its hatchery-supported fishery by the end of this century.

ROAD TO RECOVERY

Perhaps the greatest opportunity to bring back Lahontan cutthroat trout lies to the east, where it once supported a remarkable fishery in the interior desert streams of northern Nevada. The plight of cutthroat trout in these streams resulted from habitat destruction through activities like road construction, mining, livestock grazing, and water diversions for agricultural, mining and municipal purposes. In many cases, invasions of non-native trout species, such as rainbow, brown, and brook trout may have harmed Lahontan cutthroat trout. Lahontan cutthroat trout may hybridize with other subspecies of cutthroat or rainbow trout, which compromises their genetic integrity. Currently, it is estimated that Lahontan cutthroat trout occupy only a small fraction (14-15 percent) of historically occupied stream habitats in Nevada's interior.



Jim

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Thanks for the info Mike..

jimhs wrote:

There's at least one more too Mike. It's called a "Lahonton" Cutthroat Trout. They have them in Pyramid Lake, which is just outside of Reno, Nevada. They get to be the size of medium sized Chinook Salmon, or large Steelhead. I fished for them there at Pyramid Lake about thirty years ago with a couple of firemen I worked with down in California when I lived there. We didn't catch any.


Photo by Pete Rissler

Restoring habitat for fish and people
by
Jason Dunham

"This article first appeared in 'Trout' magazine (Spring 1998), published by Trout Unlimited. For more information about Trout Unlimited, see http://www.tu.org."

Those who know Lahontan cutthroat trout often think of big fish in unlikely places. During the latter part of the 1800s and early 1900s, Lahontan cutthroat trout was commercially fished by the ton in the desert lakes of Nevada. Individual fish grew to 20- 60 pounds in Pyramid and Walker Lakes, and in Lake Tahoe. But, by the early 1940s these fish had largely disappeared. Today, Pyramid and Walker Lakes harbor popular sport fisheries, but the big fish of yesteryear remain only as memories. Declines of Lahontan cutthroat trout in these lakes resulted from a host of problems, including overfishing, dams and water diversions, habitat loss, and effects of non-native fishes, including rainbow, brook, brown, and lake trout. Today, Lahontan cutthroat trout is listed as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). They now occupy less than 3% of their former habitat in the Walker, Carson and Truckee River basins of northeastern California and western Nevada.


Catches of Lahontan Cutthroat Trout in Walker and Pyramid Lakes prior to 1940.

Continued progress toward improved hatchery management and habitat restoration should improve the Pyramid Lake and lower Truckee River fisheries, but it is unclear whether a trophy fishery of historical proportions will be realized again. Restoration of cutthroat trout populations in other area lakes and streams in the area may prove even more challenging. For example, large populations of non-native trout in Lake Tahoe may pose a hazard to reintroduced Lahontan cutthroat trout, and declining water levels in Walker Lake threaten to completely destroy its hatchery-supported fishery by the end of this century.

ROAD TO RECOVERY

Perhaps the greatest opportunity to bring back Lahontan cutthroat trout lies to the east, where it once supported a remarkable fishery in the interior desert streams of northern Nevada. The plight of cutthroat trout in these streams resulted from habitat destruction through activities like road construction, mining, livestock grazing, and water diversions for agricultural, mining and municipal purposes. In many cases, invasions of non-native trout species, such as rainbow, brown, and brook trout may have harmed Lahontan cutthroat trout. Lahontan cutthroat trout may hybridize with other subspecies of cutthroat or rainbow trout, which compromises their genetic integrity. Currently, it is estimated that Lahontan cutthroat trout occupy only a small fraction (14-15 percent) of historically occupied stream habitats in Nevada's interior.



Jim

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Great read Jim..Thanks for sharing it with us..

Them Get To Be Some Big Fish, Thanks For The Good Read Buddy It Was Very Interesting.

I didn't know trout got that big either...Learn something new everyday...LOL..

great info fellows thanks