"This past Thursday, August 18th, signaled a milestone in fisheries conservation in Yellowstone National Park.

Dr. Robert Gresswell of the USGS, with the support and encouragement of the fisheries team in Yellowstone, has launched a hydro-acoustic telemetry study on Yellowstone Lake. On this last Thursday the first of 140 hydro-acoustic tags were implanted in adult lake trout aboard the Sheepshead that were taken from the trap nets."

Read more at Wyoming TU

Rising from the Shadows

The return of the cutthroat trout.

From the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society .

31 1/2 Inch Cutty

Curtis Robinson caught a 31½-inch cutthroat trout at East Canyon Reservoir this spring.

The fish is a new Utah state record and it's the largest cutthroat trout ever caught and released in Utah.

LINK (The Salt Lake Trib)

May Slab of the Month Entry: Coeur D'Alene Cutthroat

Tanner Lewis pushes his chips on the table with this specimen.

March Slab of the Month Entry: Frying Pan Cutthroat

George Morgan comes out of the March gates strong with this CO cuttie!

Cutthroat Sleeve

Sent by Chummist Roy Scott.