Colorado Trout Species. Although the three fish pictured above are all cutthroat trout they are remarkably different. Most cutthroat are not found in their original range due to competition from the non natives over.
The only species of colorado trout that is actually native to colorado the cutthroat can be identified by the distinctive crimson slashes on either side of the throat beneath the lower jaw in 1994 the greenback variety was named the official state fish of colorado. An entry to colorado in the late 1800s the brook trout feeds on aquatic and terrestrial insects and will rise to a large range of small lures baits and flies. Colorado over a long period of time has had many new species of fishes that were introduced into colorado water.
As trout get ready to spawn their colors tend to get brighter.
There are more species of cuts in colorado and the west than pictured above but these are the subspecies we most commonly catch on the front range. Most of these subspecies have widely different coloring from each other but they can be identified by their spots and overall yellow and red coloration. During just one event in 2016 runners and participants raised over 24 000 that will all be put back into habitat and native trout. Greenback cutthroat colorado state fish.
