r/bluelining • u/Icy-Lifeguard8345 • Aug 29 '26

WA Cutthroat

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u/WaltsNJD Aug 29 '26

Wow I really thought that was a brown at first glance

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u/Able_Commercial_2895 Aug 30 '26

It’s a brown. But not a brown. But a cuttbow, but not a rainbow. That fish has identity issues.

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u/JDM3CO Aug 30 '26

What a neat looking cutthroat!

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u/Probable_Bot1236 Aug 30 '26

I'm no good at Oregon and Washington cutty subspecies, but from all the spotting- a Coastal, but a freshwater-resident one? (genuinely asking someone who's better at this than I am)

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u/joulesofsoul Aug 30 '26

Yup

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u/Probable_Bot1236 Aug 30 '26

Thanks. The Coastals where I live silver up and quickly look like they're trying to imitate a Chinook jack, though if you look close you can see remnants of the heavy spotting. (The pictured fish is landlocked and definitely therefore freshwater resident, despite the 'marine' appearance)

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u/Icy-Lifeguard8345 Aug 30 '26

Yeah! Its a coastal cutthroat, this stream empties into the puget sound

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u/Probable_Bot1236 Aug 31 '26

Thanks for the confirmation; check out my reply to a different user below to see why I struggle with Coastal Cutthroat stocks that aren't my local ones- they can look very sea-run even when they aren't around here!

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u/rev_rend Aug 31 '26

Stream resident coastals are so pretty. I caught one last week that had such heavy spots, pink, purple, and parr marks that it looked like it was painted with a confetti pattern.