Let's see, you bonked a large female cutthroat in the late fall, and was surprised she was full of eggs? Dude, you've just removed a large spawner from the gene pool, before she could add her progeny to future years' catch.

I suspect you've already figured this out, so I'll hold back the flames. Please remember in the future, there aren't that many cutts in the Snohomish system, and the big ones are often kept. I've heard estimates of about 600 spawners in the Snoqualmie side, comparable in the Skykomish. Killing the big ones is a great way to breed for small fish. Maybe we could let these go in the future?

That said, nice fish, I've never caught one as big.