brandon4455
to me it depends on the river your fishing,,a small creek can only support so many fish so interbreeding is very likely..the mckenzie rainbows breed with the cutthroat and you have CUTTBOWS.if its a healthy river and eco sysytem there is no reason it can't support both,take montana for example last year they were paying people a bounty to kill the rainbows because they were taking over their cutthroat.
I wish oregon managed their trout fisheries like montana does.
Big problems with Rainbow in parts of Yellowstone right now! In some streams they are completely overtaking Cutthroat populations!
you would end up with hot dog sized brown trout too,,i also dont think its a good idea to plant cutthroat in a lake,,leave that for pellet head fish theyre cheap and reaadily available.i personally like to see the work of mother nature produce fish.we dont need to go around and have fish planted on every body of water.they do it with steelhead and salmon and its a detriment to the wild/native population.I think if people practiced catch and release more we would have some lakes with HUGE trout in them.
you would end up with hot dog sized brown trout too,,i also dont think its a good idea to plant cutthroat in a lake,,leave that for pellet head fish theyre cheap and reaadily available.i personally like to see the work of mother nature produce fish.we dont need to go around and have fish planted on every body of water.they do it with steelhead and salmon and its a detriment to the wild/native population.I think if people practiced catch and release more we would have some lakes with HUGE trout in them.