California Heritage Trout Challenge Application and Verification Form To qualify for the certificate: Catch six different native trout from their historical drainages For example, Lahontan Cutthroat Trout are found in Heenan Lake, a designated Heritage Trout water in Alpine County. Heenan Lake is not part of the original native range for Lahontan Cutthroat but is located in a historical drainage of the native range, the East Fork Carson River, and thus qualifies for the Challenge. Document the catch with a photo of each trout, labeled with the kind of trout and name of stream or lake where it was caught. Submit the application below and supporting documentation NOTE: By uploading photos and providing an electronic signature below, you agree to CDFW’s Photo Usage Terms and Conditions. After DFW's review, anglers will be notified by mail. All decisions are final. If you have trouble submitting the form, email HeritageTroutChallenge@wildlife.ca.gov for assistance. Contact Information (Enter name as you wish it to appear on your certificate) First Name (required)Middle InitialLast Name (required)Street Address (required)City (required)State (required) AL AK AS AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA GU HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND MP OH OK OR PA PR RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA VI WA WV WI WY Other Other (required)Zip Code (required)PhoneArea CodePhone NumberEmail (required) Trout #1 Information Species/Form of Trout (required) Coastal Rainbow Trout (Resident) Coastal Rainbow Trout (Steelhead) Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout Kern River Rainbow Trout California Golden Trout Little Kern Golden Trout Coastal Cutthroat Trout Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Lake Form) Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Stream Form) Paiute Cutthroat Trout Warner Lakes Redband Trout Goose Lake Redband Trout McCloud River Redband Trout Angling Date (required)Month - Day - YearStream or Lake Where Trout Was Caught (required)County Where Trout Was Caught (required) Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba Fishing Gear Used (required) Bait Lure Fly Was Trout Released? (required) Yes No Upload Image of Trout (required) FilenameSizeProcessStatusPlease name photos in the following way ‘Species_Water_LastName_YYYYMMDD.jpeg’ e.g., Lahontan_Heenan_Singer_20231020.jpeg. 10MB max file size. Trout #2 Information Species/Form of trout (required) Coastal Rainbow Trout (Resident) Coastal Rainbow Trout (Steelhead) Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout Kern River Rainbow Trout California Golden Trout Little Kern Golden Trout Coastal Cutthroat Trout Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Lake Form) Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Stream Form) Paiute Cutthroat Trout Warner Lakes Redband Trout Goose Lake Redband Trout McCloud River Redband Trout Angling Date (required)Month - Day - YearStream or Lake Where Trout Was Caught (required)County Where Trout Was Caught (required) Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba Fishing Gear Used (required) Bait Lure Fly Was Trout Released? (required) Yes No Upload Image of Trout (required) FilenameSizeProcessStatusPlease name photos in the following way ‘Species_Water_LastName_YYYYMMDD.jpeg’ e.g., Lahontan_Heenan_Singer_20231020.jpeg Trout #3 Information Species/Form of trout (required) Coastal Rainbow Trout (Resident) Coastal Rainbow Trout (Steelhead) Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout Kern River Rainbow Trout California Golden Trout Little Kern Golden Trout Coastal Cutthroat Trout Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Lake Form) Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Stream Form) Paiute Cutthroat Trout Warner Lakes Redband Trout Goose Lake Redband Trout McCloud River Redband Trout Angling Date (required)Month - Day - YearStream or Lake Where Trout Was Caught (required)County Where Trout Was Caught (required) Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba Fishing Gear Used (required) Bait Lure Fly Was Trout Released? (required) Yes No Upload Image of Trout (required) FilenameSizeProcessStatusPlease name photos in the following way ‘Species_Water_LastName_YYYYMMDD.jpeg’ e.g., Lahontan_Heenan_Singer_20231020.jpeg Trout #4 Information Species/Form of trout (required) Coastal Rainbow Trout (Resident) Coastal Rainbow Trout (Steelhead) Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout Kern River Rainbow Trout California Golden Trout Little Kern Golden Trout Coastal Cutthroat Trout Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Lake Form) Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Stream Form) Paiute Cutthroat Trout Warner Lakes Redband Trout Goose Lake Redband Trout McCloud River Redband Trout Angling Date (required)Month - Day - YearStream or Lake Where Trout Was Caught (required)County Where Trout Was Caught (required) Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba Fishing Gear Used (required) Bait Lure Fly Was Trout Released? (required) Yes No Upload Image of Trout (required) FilenameSizeProcessStatusPlease name photos in the following way ‘Species_Water_LastName_YYYYMMDD.jpeg’ e.g., Lahontan_Heenan_Singer_20231020.jpeg Trout #5 Information Species/Form of trout (required) Coastal Rainbow Trout (Resident) Coastal Rainbow Trout (Steelhead) Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout Kern River Rainbow Trout California Golden Trout Little Kern Golden Trout Coastal Cutthroat Trout Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Lake Form) Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Stream Form) Paiute Cutthroat Trout Warner Lakes Redband Trout Goose Lake Redband Trout McCloud River Redband Trout Angling Date (required)Month - Day - YearStream or Lake Where Trout Was Caught (required)County Where Trout Was Caught (required) Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba Fishing Gear Used (required) Bait Lure Fly Was Trout Released? (required) Yes No Upload Image of Trout (required) FilenameSizeProcessStatusPlease name photos in the following way ‘Species_Water_LastName_YYYYMMDD.jpeg’ e.g., Lahontan_Heenan_Singer_20231020.jpeg Trout #6 Information Species/Form of trout (required) Coastal Rainbow Trout (Resident) Coastal Rainbow Trout (Steelhead) Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout Kern River Rainbow Trout California Golden Trout Little Kern Golden Trout Coastal Cutthroat Trout Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Lake Form) Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Stream Form) Paiute Cutthroat Trout Warner Lakes Redband Trout Goose Lake Redband Trout McCloud River Redband Trout Angling Date (required)Month - Day - YearStream or Lake Where Trout Was Caught (required)County Where Trout Was Caught (required) Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba Fishing Gear Used (required) Bait Lure Fly Was Trout Released? (required) Yes No Upload Image of Trout (required) FilenameSizeProcessStatusPlease name photos in the following way ‘Species_Water_LastName_YYYYMMDD.jpeg’ e.g., Lahontan_Heenan_Singer_20231020.jpeg Comments Add Comments? Signature/Date I hereby certify that I caught the six California Heritage Trout listed above. I have included a labeled photograph of each. Certify I agree to CDFW's Photo Terms and Conditions Signature of Applicant (required)ResetDate of Application (required)Month - Day - YearCaptcha