Members scooper54 Posted February 28, 2021 Members Posted February 28, 2021 Thanks for posting. Fascinating story. What a stroke of luck (or divine providence) that they were able to find the one and only place where the original strain of the thought-to-be extinct Lahontan cutthroat trout still lived-- a tiny, nondescript creek in Utah, 400 miles from Pyramid Lake, the ancestral home of the species.
kjackson Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 They are neat trout for sure. One of their attributes is the ability to live in water that won't support other trout. Lahontans were planted in a largish lake in Washington state that wouldn't support other fish but was an ideal home for them. I can't remember exactly what was wrong with the chemistry--it has been too long--but the lake turned into a superb fishery. Had a few great days fishing in Lenore.
MoCarp Posted February 28, 2021 Author Posted February 28, 2021 They are adapted to eating large chubs...I wonder if they could be an answer to the sucker issues of Taney....that or tiger trout..... MONKEYS? what monkeys?
BilletHead Posted March 1, 2021 Posted March 1, 2021 20 hours ago, scooper54 said: Thanks for posting. Fascinating story. What a stroke of luck (or divine providence) that they were able to find the one and only place where the original strain of the thought-to-be extinct Lahontan cutthroat trout still lived-- a tiny, nondescript creek in Utah, 400 miles from Pyramid Lake, the ancestral home of the species. Lohonton , Gance creek Elko County Nevada August 2019 Quillback, Johnsfolly, Greasy B and 2 others 5 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Al Agnew Posted March 1, 2021 Posted March 1, 2021 I have fond memories of Lahontan cutthroats. Not that I've ever caught one, but I was able to gather some photos of them from people in the Nevada Fish and Game Department that later I used for reference in completing my entry into the first ever Nevada trout stamp contest, which I won. That led me to making a trip to Reno to sign prints at a sports show, where the booth across the aisle from mine had a big smallmouth mounted and showing prominently. Which led to talking to the guys in the booth, who were at the end of their first year guiding a 6-day wild river smallmouth trip on the John Day River in Oregon, which led me to trading a painting for a trip for Mary and me, where I fell in love with the John Day... Oh, and I also made some money off the Nevada trout stamp! That was back in 1987. scooper54, nomolites, Quillback and 2 others 5
ZigJigman Posted March 1, 2021 Posted March 1, 2021 If any of you guys would like to see some pictures of these great trout, you can go to my website or my Facebook page. I have a lot of Zig Jig customers that catch them. Pyramid lake is a great fishery and I’m overdue to go back out there!! FishnDave, MoCarp and Ham 3
Ham Posted March 1, 2021 Posted March 1, 2021 Those things become monsters in the lake. Unreal BIG. FishnDave and Terrierman 2 Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
kjackson Posted March 1, 2021 Posted March 1, 2021 The Lahontans in Washington's Lake Lenore don't have any chubs to feed on as the trout were the only fish that could hack the water chemistry, but with a diet of insects--and the lake was rich with them-- the trout grew large, not as big as those in Pyramid, though. The largest I caught was eight or nine pounds, but the usual run that we caught were more like two or three. They were great fish on a fly rod. Wish I had a slide scanner, so I could dig out some slides. Ham 1
Members scooper54 Posted September 12, 2022 Members Posted September 12, 2022 On 3/1/2021 at 10:31 AM, kjackson said: . . . . Wish I had a slide scanner, so I could dig out some slides. I've scanned hundreds of family color slides dating back to the 1940s. Epson makes best device for scanning photos and slides: https://epson.com/For-Home/Scanners/Photo-Scanners/Epson-Perfection-V600-Photo-Scanner/p/B11B198011
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