tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263627391445398518.post6320188140784320477..comments2024-02-13T15:31:32.911-08:00Comments on Native Trout Fly Fishing: Eastern Oregon Trip Part II: In search of something that doesn't exist: Alvord CutthroatGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05403015256352010381noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263627391445398518.post-41674134896313109012022-06-14T17:05:46.747-07:002022-06-14T17:05:46.747-07:00Kristi - as of a couple weeks ago I can confirm th...Kristi - as of a couple weeks ago I can confirm that the population is still persisting. Hard to what the genetic status of the fish are through.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403015256352010381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263627391445398518.post-35142671283774510662022-06-13T14:16:54.536-07:002022-06-13T14:16:54.536-07:00Do you know of anyone who has made a trip here rec...Do you know of anyone who has made a trip here recently to check on the status of these fish?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263627391445398518.post-14052510741383094992022-06-13T14:15:58.200-07:002022-06-13T14:15:58.200-07:00Do you know of anyone that has made a trip here re...Do you know of anyone that has made a trip here recently to check the status of these fish?Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13350493491758059625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263627391445398518.post-82571056569604749082012-01-18T21:48:36.069-08:002012-01-18T21:48:36.069-08:00The status of these fish is relatively unchanged s...The status of these fish is relatively unchanged since I first went to the creek in 2008. However the Lahontans seem to be gaining ground on the Alvords in there. For more information visit: http://kortumofdiscovery.wordpress.com/Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403015256352010381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263627391445398518.post-66755027806375744592012-01-03T03:33:30.371-08:002012-01-03T03:33:30.371-08:00After your discussion with Dr. Behnke, and a furth...After your discussion with Dr. Behnke, and a further two years gone by, has anyone in the know traveled to said location to confirm the existence of Alvord Cutthroat trout and if so, has a breeding program been established?RiverKingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146781296006680544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263627391445398518.post-83135168223239979692008-10-17T18:04:00.000-07:002008-10-17T18:04:00.000-07:00So I heard back from Dr. Behnke and here is what h...So I heard back from Dr. Behnke and here is what he had to say:<BR/><BR/>"The first and third photos have the typical sparse spotting of the "extinct" Alvord cutthroat. The second photo depicts a more heavily spotted fish. This is similar to what I found in 2006 during an electrofishing survey of Guano Crk. Lahontan cutthroats and rainbow trout were stocked into Guano Crk. for many years beginning in 1957. Ore. historian Bruce Gilinski told me that, as a young boy, he caught trout in Guano Crk. right after WWII (ca. 1946), so trout were there before the first recorded stocking. An illustration of an Alvord cutthroat from Trout Crk. appears on p. 221 of my 2002 book, Trout and Salmon of North America, with further info on this fish on p. 224 (Artist's Note). I found many trout in Guano Crk. that strongly resembled the Alvord trout (Lahontan cutthroats are heavily spotted). Most likely scenario for a transplant of trout from Trout Crk. into Guano is found in Hubbs and Miller; 1948 publ. on fishes of the Great Basin. They mentioned that they were told that a transplant was made from Trout Crk. into the Catlow basin. The Guano basin was probably considered as part of the Catlow basin by local people but is at a higher elevation and isolated from the redband trout native to streams in the Catlow basin. Thus, if a transplant from Trout Crk. was made, it should have been into Guano Crk., which had no native trout. R. Behnke"Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403015256352010381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263627391445398518.post-20210409878438005402008-10-12T11:53:00.000-07:002008-10-12T11:53:00.000-07:00This may be one of the best trip reports I have se...This may be one of the best trip reports I have seen this year. Chasing the ghosts of trout that "do not exist" and striking gold. Kudos and keep us posted on anything you here back from Behnke et al. I think you held in your hand the last remaining closest thing we have left to alvords and that's a pretty amazing thing.wyoflyfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364445771143096196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263627391445398518.post-8965576129595265642008-09-10T22:28:00.000-07:002008-09-10T22:28:00.000-07:00Great report, sounds like an awesome adventure... ...Great report, sounds like an awesome adventure... I'm also interested in a follow up report.BGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370483248790991988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263627391445398518.post-81056154258484395522008-09-02T19:06:00.000-07:002008-09-02T19:06:00.000-07:00Thanks. I am going to try to get a hold of Patric...Thanks. I am going to try to get a hold of Patrick Trotter and Robert Behnke about the fish and see what they have to say.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403015256352010381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263627391445398518.post-58676805695069539762008-08-29T23:19:00.000-07:002008-08-29T23:19:00.000-07:00Gary, awesome report! Way cool!Gary, awesome report! Way cool!Blake Merwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06533293764074532708noreply@blogger.com