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Sea-Run Cutthroat- Long known for its famous runs of Salmon and Steelhead the river of the Oregon coast are home to a lesser known but equally amazing fish, the Coastal or Sea Run Cutthroat. While these migratory Cutthroat are known as a "sea run" fish they actually travel a much shorter distance than their true ocean going cousins, the Salmon, and Steelhead; preferring instead to migrate from the upper stretches of their home rivers down to the tidewater or estuary stretches of brackish water.
Because of the migratory nature of the Coastal Cutthroat their diet is incredibly varied consisting of thing like shrimp, worms, and other marine invertebrate when living in brackish water to insects and the eggs of other fish when in the upper stretches of the river. No matter where they are the voracious appetite of the Cutthroat ensures that one food item is always on the table, fish. The coastal Cutthroat is an aggressive predator and any fish smaller than him is seen as a potential meal herring, candlefish, small surfperch, salmon or steelhead smolt, and even smaller trout will find themselves eaten with often reckless abandon.
Fishing for the Coastal Cutthroat can be an absolute blast as once located their aggressive nature makes them great targets for both surface and sub-surface presentation with a fly rod. Often times a fast strip retrieve is key to getting these acrobatic fish to smash your offering. Most of the trout that we see on the coast tend to go from 10 to 16 inches but I have been surprised by a few specimens that topped 20 inches in length and fought hard enough that they seemed all but impossible to land on a four or five weight. There is a kill fishery for the Searun Cutthroat on the Northern Oregon Coast but Castaway Guide Service and most others who target them will only fish catch and release on these amazing fish.
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