Postal surveys were sent in 1994 to parties reserving United States Forest Service (USFS) recreational cabins in Southeast Alaska. The purpose of the surveys was to estimate trout catches, harvest, and effort by users of USFS cabins at steelhead streams and cutthroat lakes. The survey targeted cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki anglers in lakes. Of the 1,173 registered parties at USFS recreational cabins located on lakes, 459 responded to the survey. Of those who reported fishing for cutthroat, it is estimated that a total of 32,425 hours in 7,789 fishing days was needed to catch 19,323 cutthroat trout, 196 steelhead, 4,886 rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, 1,093 kokanee Oncorhynchus nerka, and 6,276 Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma. In the portion of the survey that targeted steelhead trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, 367 of the 718 registered parties responded and it is estimated that a total of 31,662 hours in 7,350 fishing days was spent to catch 4,476 steelhead, 4,726 rainbow trout, 8,427 cutthroat trout, 100 kokanee, and 6,584 Dolly Varden.