There is a giant in the waters of the Lahontan Basin; a beast so large it's fabled that settlers could walk across its back. Lucky is the person who catches a glimpse of the colorful mass of muted green and orange scales hidden among Nevada’s lake-dwelling organisms and vegetation. This elusive creature is none other than the Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi, abbreviated as LCT).