Cutthroat Trout
Cutthroat trout were first stocked in Arkansas in 1983 and are found primarily in the White and North
Fork rivers. They weigh up to 10 pounds and closely resemble rainbow trout. The cutthroat is distinguished by the reddish-orange slash (cutthroat mark) on each side of the throat on live fish and by the minute teeth present on the midline of the tongue behind large teeth on the tip of the tongue. Rainbows have teeth on the tip of the tongue, but lack the midline teeth. The black spots on cutthroats are typically much finer than on rainbows.