How to Use cutthroat trout in a Sentence

cutthroat trout

noun
  • The rainbow, brook and tiger trout are sent out first -- later in the season, cutthroat trout join the mix.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 13 July 2021
  • Jack switched to a double dry-fly rig, his go-to for cutthroat trout as a summer guide in Montana.
    T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 27 May 2020
  • Now Vermejo is home to the largest population of Rio Grande cutthroat trout in the world.
    Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • In California, lakes with kokanee salmon (or cutthroat trout) that spawn in feeder creeks will draw in the bears.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 19 Oct. 2019
  • The area became an important habitat and breeding ground for the Bonneville cutthroat trout, Utah’s state fish and a species once thought extinct in the 1970s.
    Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 May 2022
  • One of those, the Lahontan cutthroat trout, is listed as threatened.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The greenback cutthroat trout, Colorado’s state fish, was declared extinct over 50 years ago.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The region is home to brown, rainbow and brook trout, while June Lake also holds the coveted and rare Lahontan cutthroat trout.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 1 July 2021
  • Its waters teemed with June suckers, cutthroat trout and other native fish species.
    Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
  • His agency will soon poison non-native fish in an effort to re-establish the Paiute cutthroat trout to its historic range.
    Virginia Gewin, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2013
  • The reward, Konson said, was fishing for multiple species of cutthroat trout amid the spectacular scenery of the Rocky Mountains.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2021
  • Troll for native cutthroat trout and invasive lake trout on the picturesque expanse of Yellowstone Lake.
    Alex Pulaski, Washington Post, 2 July 2020
  • Stocked with rainbow, brook and cutthroat trout, ringed by a swath of forest, including big aspen groves, plus five campgrounds, this is one of the most popular lakes in the White Mountains.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Other species, like the cutthroat trout, are released to prey on other fish whose populations may grow too large, throwing their ecosystems out of whack.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 13 July 2021
  • Colorado Denver: State wildlife officials have released thousands of cutthroat trout into the wild in an effort to preserve the fish.
    USA TODAY, 11 July 2019
  • Yellowstone cutthroat trout are on the brink of extinction as invasive lake trout continue to eat them.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2022
  • This reestablished overstory will shade and cool the creek, provide leaf litter, and improve the habitat for macroinvertebrates, fish, small mammals, birds, and the Rio Grande cutthroat trout.
    Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Here’s your chance to throw a big fish fry for your friends and help Colorado Parks & Wildlife restore a native cutthroat trout population in its ancestral waters.
    John Meyer, The Know, 24 July 2019
  • That’s good news for Yellowstone cutthroat trout, which suffered a major decline after the detection of the nonnative lake trout 25 years ago.
    USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2019
  • The new drilling plan pulls water from a different stream officials say doesn’t contain Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
    Keith Ridler, ajc, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Later still, fishing for Westslope cutthroat trout heats up; some visitors also hunt chukar partridge along the shore.
    Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Camp and ski in the backcountry, or bring your rods—more than 20 lakes in the immediate vicinity provide excellent lake fishing for cutthroat trout.
    Alison Van Houten, Outside Online, 6 June 2019
  • Luna Lake shelters a healthy population of rainbow and cutthroat trout.
    Roger Naylor, azcentral, 17 June 2019
  • Guide service and catch cui-ui or Lahontan cutthroat trout, all while learning about Numu history.
    Outside Online, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The fish used include rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, brook trout, tiger trout, splake and Arctic grayling, and are specifically raised for fishing, TheGuardian reported.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 14 July 2021
  • The groups cite potential harm to grizzly bears, wolverines, lynx, bighorn sheep, whitebark pine trees, Columbia spotted frogs and Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 6 June 2022
  • There’s no daily limit (catch or possession) for non-native fish, which include rainbow trout, Yellowstone cutthroat trout, and brook trout.
    Katie Jackson, Outside Online, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Some lakes have a similar phenomenon with cutthroat trout.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 19 Oct. 2019
  • In a state where most rivers are now choked by dams and where mass fish die-offs have become increasingly routine, the Smith serves as a final stronghold for California’s vanishing salmon, steelhead and cutthroat trout.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2021
  • In the absence of factors that would naturally keep their numbers in check, these can fish proliferate and displace cutthroat trout, suckers and other native fish.
    Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022

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