MA Tiger Trout Spring 2008

[californiacubsfan1]

Dude I caught one of these in the swan river in montana fishing a nymph, I was like wtf is this. It was all black with tiger stripes.

[xkillswitchx23]

Wow what beautiful fish, do you know if there are any in lake erie?

[madfishinskillz]

thumbs up if you want to catch one of those

[tff1293]

i caught a tiger in a creek in PA this year. They havent stocked them for a 3 or 4 years. was the one i caught wild, or just a survivor from the last stoking of tigers?

[MrCribbss]

are they crossed species? their fins look in bad shape though

[johannrecht67]

cute fish

[skateboy159]

i got a tiger trout 5 years ago in the wild not stock

[tff1293]

I live in eastern PA, and just caught a 16in tiger trout today in a creek with a mepps spinner. I have never caught or even seen a tiger trout before in my life. Are they as rare as i think they might be? Was i lucky to catch this?

[timetodepop]

Excellent Choice of Music...Exellent video

[wastedinthehighlands]

catch tiger trout in the rivers in scotland



[dwarflord09]

heard of catch and release.

[TLHookUp]

@dwarflord09

Heard of put and take hatchery trout, that don't generally survive over the summer in shallow ponds.

[tnttucker1]

@TLHookUp haha

[therealCanablisS]

@dwarflord09 go cry

[bradandthedawgs11]

@dwarflord09 dude shut up man its gonna kill em for him to keep a few for the family gha your a jackass man!

[bradandthedawgs11]

@dwarflord09 dude shut up man its gonna kill em for him to keep a few for the family gha your a jackwagon man!

[cwturkey1989]

the state must stock all of these, they are very rare in the wild. a wild tiger is a rare, once in a lifetime catch.

[TLHookUp]

@cwturkey1989

You are correct.

[peaceboyrx8]

@TLHookUp your tigers over there look diferent than ours yours look like a mak cross of some sort... ours look much more like a brown trout only with bands not spots...

[rikino2009]

where can i fish a tiger trout ?

i live in greece did any1 know if there are and in greece tiger trouts ? :)

i had caught only the rainbow :(

[13Jamie14]

A usually fish for pike or wild bwonies but ma local loch is starting to stock these, hadnt even heard o them before but they look like pretty cool fish, might have to go and catch me some

[GospelFisherman]

Frankenfish!!!

[AOEStrategist]

Very nice, they look different depending on where you are, in WV they look a little different. I caught a few and had them in my creek, the largest was 17" But sadly they are expensive for the hatcheries to raise so they stopped stocking them for a while.

[MrDrewpatton]

nice fish, how big can they get?

[TLHookUp]

Big tigers are tough to come by but our MA state record is 9 lbs 7 ozs & the world record is 20 lbs 13 ozs.

[1962SatanTookOver2]

@TLHookUp = How does it taste ?

[anddes420]

weird never saw one i fish for natural fish although i caught a splake a brook trout lake trout hybrid

[TLHookUp]

Awesome!

[BUZAND24]

are they natural or is it a farm

cuz ive heard there really rare

[TLHookUp]

They are natural, in places where both spawning brook trout and brown trout Co-exist but yes its extremely rare.

Most tigers caught are hatchery raised and stocked out, like the ones shown on my video.

[bballmitch23]

these things are pretty rare....i caught one that was 19 inches 3 and a half pounds in williams river wv and the rumor is that they havent stocked a tiger trout for 5 years.

[cleme88]

yeahh ronnie james dio

[barthmonster]

no need to catch & release a trout that can't breed. They were 'designed' to catch (and eat)...

[TLHookUp]

Your right better to let the trout go so it can die a slow death instead. You know when the summer temps start warming up our shallow ponds and the trout have no thermo-cline refuge to retreat to, theyll croak and slowly rot away. But in your eyes I guess thats a much better way to handle the put and take resource instead of utilizing the hatchery fish as they were intended for (and yet Im the A-hole).

[TripleDubFishing]

LOL, get them.

[isofaster]

can tiger trout reproduce ?

[TLHookUp]

Nope

[Billabonga101]

do those have teeth

[nmorris47]

All trout have teeth.

[TLHookUp]

For wild fish and put and grow fisheries I totally understand your concern in conservation with C&R and proper handling. However most of MA trout are a Put and Take Fishery. Most of the trout stocked in our Shallow lakes don't make it Past Summer (due to high temps). These are not wild trout, nor do they reproduce. So under the right circumstances I have no guilt keeping a few for dinner. With all do respect does it really matter if they are hung on a grip device before they get eaten?

[MoreSnakes]

nice, you owned him man, great explanation

[golathe]

GEEZ...you used a Boga-grip on a trout?....how about a little catch & release...please?

[lenspinnerharris]

sweet tiger

[pnutbutrncrackers]

Cool, thanks. I'd like to catch one of those.

[Will4bes]

Who sing's this version of Ride the Tiger?

[TLHookUp]

Dio

[yellozone]

those r some sick looking fish

[flyfishingwithkev]

were u fly fishing?

[TLHookUp]

Only 2 or 3 were caught with the fly rod.