Cutthroat trout?
 

I’ve caught all the sport fish Alberta has to offer except a golden trout and a cutthroat. I would love to try to get a cuttie, but know very little about them or where is the best place in the province to start. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Take a trip to the Ram Rivers systems along the trunk road. You'll catch Cutthroat Trout their.

BW

Rawson Lake in K-Country is a good place for them, especially if you're willing to hike up there with a float tube.

Chester lake north of Canmore lots of cutties and only place in Alberta with dollies as well

No dollies in Alberta...

I am the Commander

Willing to bet on it?

Look into it yourself they were stocked in Chester lake long long ago. No they are not bulls either.

I have personally caught them 13 years ago

I think Smoky buck is right actually.

I am willing to put up some custom crankbaits if you have something worth putting up against them

http://www.albertafishingguide.com/fish/dolly-varden

And the prize goes to............Smoky buck

Come on I was trying to get at least a case of beer out of The Commander :sHa_sarcasticlol:

You caught a lake trout.


I am the Commander

Hey Commander, did you even check the link I posted?

Yes you win. Illegally introduced by a bucket biologist. Should be eradicated.

Don't think it was bucket biology
 

Jim Stelfox previous wrote the following on another forum a number of years ago.

Northern Dolly Varden were introduced to Chester Lake in 1974 and have since dispersed into Mud Lake, Burstall Creek and Smuts Creek. To my knowledge, this is the only place that Dolly Varden are present in Alberta.

Differentiating between Dolly Varden and bull trout isn't easy. Gordon Haas, one of the foremost experts on identification of these two species, sums it up best when he stated in his 2001 paper in the Bull Trout II Conference Proceedings that "correct identification of these two char species....is complex and requires identification ability and knowledge.

In general, the easiest way to usually differentiate between these two species is that bull trout have a flatter head and the maxilla extends further back of the eye. These are subjective features, necessitating the examination of a lot of fish of both species in order to have much confidence.

However, anglers need not be concerned about differentiating between these two species, because Dolly Varden can only be harvested from Chester Lake and its outlet stream and there are no bull trout in these waters. If you catch a Dolly Varden in Mud Lake, Burstall Creek or Smuts Creek, you have to release it, just as you would a bull trout.

Page 284-286 in the Nelson & Paetz book - The Fishes of Alberta provides more info.
A quote from the book:

"There is some doubt about the exact origin of the stock put into Chester Lake. Eggs from two different studies were held in Calgary in 1973-74, one said to be from the Mackenzie (Inuvik stock) and the other from the Firth River (Yukon)......It is, of course, quite possible, if not probable, that the eggs used by both McCart and McDonald came from the same source (i.e., the Firth River, then shipped to Calgary via Inuvik"

It’s Ok Commander we all make mistakes and you don’t know me well enough to know I don’t make BS claims

I have been around a body of water or two or three and my experience goes beyond a can of worms and a push button Spider-Man rod :sHa_sarcasticlol:

Still have not explored Winefred yet but it’s on the list

You had better ask the commander first, because, well, he’s the commander! :sHa_sarcasticlol:

:rolleye2:

Oh well if he says no it’s just pike and there is lots of good pike lakes across this country :sHa_shakeshout: