Rich
You are right, the cutts would take a hit if there was an illegal introduction of SMBs.

Our coastal cutthroat have taken a major hit from all the illegal introductions of bass and panfish in our lowland lakes. The cutts are the one trout that was likely to naturally occur in many of the lowland lakes - they can successfully spawning in the small trib streams. However with development of surrounding watersheds and the illegal introductions wild cutthroat have all but disappear from many of their historic waters.

Don't understand how any wild trout fan could ever think of introducing any exotics.

Tight lines
S malma