Due Cut Throat = Steelhead?...

[Boat Monkey]

Just curious if anyone knew if cut throat trout were actually adolescent steelhead ranging into coastal rivers/estuaries. It makes sense but I wasn't sure.

[Pete]

Cutthroat are different from steelhead. Steelhead are Onchorynchus Mykiss. Cutthroat are Salmo Clarki Clarki. Different life history, different genetics, different species.

[SSPey]

both are Onchorynchus, and they can hybridize

But a hybrid still wouldn't be a steelhead.

[Phishin Phool]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but, aren't steelhead searun rainbows and bluebacks are searun cutthroats?

--PP

[Pete]

I guess I missed the bulletin :smile: I knew steelhead had been reclassified. And I did know there are hybrids, but they're rare in the wild.

[SSPey]

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[cotalot]

If they're Hybrids... would they be Cutheads or
Steelthroats?

[onebadfish]

phishin phil is right. searun cutthroats are bluebacks, they can get pretty big, but usually not. searun rainbows are steelhead. i caught a blueback in cape creek (lane Co) by devil's elbow, that went over 5 pounds about 20 years ago.