Native Trout and Salmonids

In my quest to catch native trout and salmonids, I have spent well over the past decade consulting the web, searching maps, reading books, talking to experts and other enthusiasts in search of places to find, catch and photograph these wonderful fish. In that time, I have put a lot of miles on my rig, seen some beautiful places and had a helluva time! Along the way, I have also completed the following:

• The California Heritage Trout Challenge (twice), certificates #66 and #144

• The Nevada Native Fish Slam, certificate #6

• The Wyoming Game and Fish Cuttslam (twice), numbers 593 and 2137

• The Utah Cutthroat Slam, certificate #29

• The New Mexico Trout Challenge, certificate #36

• The International Federation of Fly Fishers Cuttcatch Award

• The Western Native Trout Initiative Trout Challenge, Advanced Caster Award #42

So here are the photographic result of some of the trout that I have caught. There are still others out there in the world, so the quest continues. In the mean time, enjoy!

Oncorhynchus mykiss

O.m. iridius

Coastal Rainbow Trout

Caught in California, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada & New Mexico

O.m. nelsoni

San Pedro Martir Trout

Caught in Baja Norte, Mexico

O.m. stonei

McCloud River Redband Trout

Caught in California

O.m. subspecies

Sheepheaven Redband Trout

Caught in California

O.m. newberrii

Upper Klamath Lake Basin Redband

Caught in Oregon

O.m. newberrii

Goose Lake Basin Redband

Caught in California

O.m. newberrii

Warner Lakes Basin Redband

Caught in California

O.m. newberii

Harney-Malheur Basin Redband

Caught in Oregon

O.m. newberii

Chewaucan Basin Redband

Caught in Oregon

O.m. newberii

Catlow Basin Redband

Caught in Oregon

O.m. newberii

Fort Rock Basin Redband

Caught in Oregon

O.m. gairdneri

Columbia River Basin Redband Trout

Caught in Oregon & Nevada

O.m. aquilarum

Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout

Caught in California

O.m. gilberti

Kern River Rainbow Trout

Caught in California

O.m. whitei

Little Kern River Golden Trout

Caught in California

O.m. aguabonita

California Golden Trout

Caught in California & Montana

Oncorhynchus gilae

O.g. apache

Apache Trout

Caught in Arizona

O.g. gilae

Gila Trout

Caught in New Mexico

Oncorhynchus clarki

O.c. bouvier

Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout

Caught in Montana, Utah, Wyoming & Nevada

O.c. lewisi

Westslope Cutthroat Trout

Caught in Montana, Idaho & British Columbia

O.c. clarki

Coastal Cutthroat Trout

Caught in California

O.c. henshawi

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout

Caught in Nevada & California

O.c. seleniris

Paiute Cutthroat Trout

Caught in California

O.c. utah

Bonneville Cutthroat Trout

Caught in Wyoming Utah & Nevada

O.c. utah

Bear River Cutthroat Trout

Caught in Utah

O.c. behnkei

Snake River Finespotted Cutthroat Trout

Caught in Wyoming & Idaho

O.c. pleuriticus

Colorado River Cutthroat Trout

Caught in Utah, California & Wyoming

O.c. stomias

Greenback Cutthroat Trout

Caught in Colorado

O.c. virginalis

Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout

Caught in New Mexico

O.c. alvordensis

Alvord Cutthroat Trout

Caught in Oregon

O.c. humboldtensis

Whitehorse Basin Cutthroat Trout

Caught in Oregon

O.c. humboldtensis

Humboldt Cutthroat Trout

Caught in Nevada

More from the

Oncorhynchus line

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Chinook Salmon (juvenile)

Caught in Idaho & California

Oncorhynchus nerka

Kokanee Salmon

Caught in California

Genus Salmo

Salmo trutta

Brown Trout

Caught in Montana, California, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon & Colorado

Genus Salvelinus

Salvelinis fontinalis

Brook Trout

Caught in California, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming & Idaho

Salvelinis namaycush

Lake Trout

Caught in California

Salvelinus confluentus

Bull Trout

Caught in Idaho, Nevada, Montana & Oregon

Salvelinus malma

Dolly Varden

Caught in Alaska

Other Salmonids

Oncorhynchus mykiss X Oncorhynchus clarki

Cuttbow Trout

Caught in Montana & California

Salvelinus fontinalis X Salmo trutta

Tiger Trout

Caught in Nevada

Thymallus arcticus

Arctic Grayling

Caught in Montana & Arizona

Prosopium williamsoni

Mountain Whitefish

Caught in Montana, California, Idaho & Nevada

and some random species

Perca flavescens

Yellow Perch

Caught in California

Lepomis macrochirus

Bluegill

Caught in California

Catostomus fumeiventris

Owens Sucker

Caught in California

Notemigonus crysoleucas

Golden Shiner

Caught in California

Ptychocheilus oregonensis

Northern Pikeminnow

Caught in Montana

Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus

Alaskan Plaice

Caught in Alaska

Leptocottus armatus

Pacific Staghorn Sculpin

Caught in Alaska