Owens Valley

On May 29, 8:49*pm, MajorOz wrote:

Not being a biologist, I cannot dispute your point, but the local F&G
folks tell me these are genuine cutthroat trout, not related to the
redbands found over in the Pyramid Lake and a couple other desert
areas.

That's the trouble with common names. The term Red Band Trout is
most commonly applied to the subspecies of Rainbow trout native to
much of Eastern Oregon (though also found in the Mckenzie drainage of
Western Oregon), the Owyhee basin of Idaho, and parts of NE Nevada.
Any Cuttthroat found in the Donner and Blitzen , if not Lahontan, are
likely West Slope Cuttthroat. Red Band Rainbows are native to the
Donner and Blitzen basin.

Until your post I had never heard either Lahontan or West slope
Cutthroat referred to as Red Band Trout, though it shouldn't surprise
me if some people call Cutthroat Red Bands

Bob Weinberger

Though Red Band Rainbows will sometimes have the red throat slashes
common to Cutthroat, they can usually be distinguished from Cutthroat
by the absence of teeth on the vomer (tongue). Cutthroat will usually
have what are known as basibranchial teeth while rainbows do not.

Bob Weinberger

owens valley has some epic fishing places....don't
miss hot creek area......just north of bishop, near
the airport.........





On May 30, 4:34*am, Bob wrote:
Though Red Band Rainbows will sometimes have the red throat slashes
common to Cutthroat, they can usually be distinguished from Cutthroat
by the absence of teeth on the vomer (tongue). *Cutthroat will usually
have what are known as basibranchial teeth while rainbows do not.

Bob Weinberger