Originally Posted By: stonefish
osprey,
Here is a picture I found of a cutthroat my buddy caught out of the salt that is starting to display some of the orange belly you mentioned.




Here is a website you might enjoy. They are starting to catch some of the previously tagged cutthroat they are studying.
http://www.coastalcutthroatcoalition.com/
Enjoy
SF

Very cool! Yes, it is hard to get a look at spawning colors as the fish spawn during closed seasons mostly and have always looked through government/fisheries literature for pics of full-on spawners and have come up empty.
I have seen some Cowlitz Cutthroat with a pretty good amount of red on the bellies.
Truly amazing fish and see you guys too have the same admiration for their beauty !

I did run across the coalition a month or so back-good, good stuff !