Henry's Fork 7/28/07

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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Here are some pictures of cutthroat from Eastern Idaho. Keep in mind the classification of each is just my opinion. If anyone thinks I'm wrong on any of these feel free to point it out. I would always like to learn something new.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]This picture shows the classic look of a fine spotted cutthroat. This fish is from the South Fork of the Snake.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]This fish is also from the South Fork of the Snake and the spot pattern on this fish is typical of most of the cutthroats on the South Fork. It doesn't have large spots of a Yellowstone Cuthroat but also has larger spots than I would expect a fine Spotted Cutthroat to have. I believe it is a hybrid between the two cutthroats. I still refer to cutthroat like this as "fine spotted cutthroat."[/size][/font]




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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]This cutthroat is also from the South Fork of the Snake. I also believe it is a combination of a fine spotted and yellowstone cutthroat. The gill plat and side has a color that sugests it may have some rainbow genetics but I would guess that is not the case with this fish. The tips of the pectoral, pelvic and anal fins on this fish do not have a white tip like cutbows on the South Fork typically do. If you kept a fish on the South Fork that looked like this thinking it was a hybrid you should expect a ticket.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]This is another cutthroat from the South Fork that I think is a yellowstone/fine spotted hybrid. I would still call it a fin spotted cutthroat.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]This is a cutthroat from Ririe Reservoir that was almost certainly one of the fish the F&G planted as a fine spotted cutthroat.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]This is a cutthroat from the Portnuef Drainage. It appears to have a spot pattern that is combination of yellowstone and fine spotted cutthroat. Many of the cutthroat that I've caught in the Portnuef drainage have had more of a yellowstone spot patern than a fine spotted cutthroat patern. [/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]This is a cutthroat from Henry's Lake. It has the dark red color spawning colors because it was caught in late may. The picture isn't extremly clear but you can tell the spots are large and less dense than those of a Fine Spoted cutthroat. The spot patern is a typical Henry's Lake Yellowstone cutthroat.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]This is typical Yellowstone Cuthroat from Henry's Lake. [/size][/font]
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