Strawberry Saturday Report

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We caught quite a few as well that had us scratching our heads - thought they were cutbows. Rainbow colors on the back, orange fins, some with the throat slashes. Got back to the marina and talked with the DWR guys and they said there are very few cutbows in Strawberry? They have only gill netted maybe 3 in the past few years. What gives? I'm assuming the cutthroats turn darker if they stay deep all the time? Look at the pics I put up in the other strawberry post - the big fish definitely had a purple back (may be hard to tell - not a good pic)but he had the orange fins and the slashes under the throat - most of the fish we caught deep 40' had a darker rainbow look. DWR fellow says the only sure way to tell is the spots on the head - cutthroat have very few where the rainbows are loaded with spots. Mystery fish []
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