Las Vegas Sun

March 19, 2024

Fisherman Dave Hamel, center, reels in a Lahontan cutthroat trout at Pyramid Lake in Nevada on April 18, 2013. A species once thought extinct, the Pyramid Lake strain of Lahontan cutthroat trout has been re-discovered and returned to its original home north of Reno. It is the largest freshwater trout in the world.

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Fisherman Dave Hamel, center, reels in a Lahontan cutthroat trout at Pyramid Lake in Nevada on April 18, 2013. A species once thought extinct, the Pyramid Lake strain of Lahontan cutthroat trout has been re-discovered and returned to its original home north of Reno. It is the largest freshwater trout in the world.