last cast of trout season

[the rapids]

fished all weekend hoping for some bigger browns which never showed themselves. however, i couldnt think of a better way to end the season than to land this rare little guy on what was then decided to be my last cast. what a striking fish the tiger trout is when seen in real life, i hope everyone gets a chance to catch and admire one some day.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb161/jmanismysavior/P9280225-1.jpg

[maak]

Tiger Trout? Very cool looking fish. What IS it? I could'nt find any info in the DNR stocking report. I'm guessing brown x brook. And where do they come from? Any info appreciated. Thanks.

[Boardman Brookies]

Wow very nice. That fish was caught in Michigan?

[Fishslayer5789]

I have heard of those being caught in Michigan before. That has got to be so rare. I have never caught or seen one in person. Nice catch!

[brookid]

Yup, they are a neat fish. One from a few years ago. Unfortunately a very bad pic from a disposable camera.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y275/brookid/Wisconsin%2006/PStiger2.jpg

And another from a friend who caught it somewhere near Vancouver...

http://www.uppermidwestflyfishing.com/photos/data/500/medium/Mac_Tiger.JPG


I have a feeling you are about to see a flood of tiger photos...;)

[the rapids]

Tiger Trout? Very cool looking fish. What IS it? I could'nt find any info in the DNR stocking report. I'm guessing brown x brook. And where do they come from? Any info appreciated. Thanks.

from wikipedia: "The tiger trout (Salmo trutta X Salvelinus fontinalis) is a sterile, intergeneric hybrid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergeneric_hybrid) of the brown trout (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_trout) (Salmo trutta) and the brook trout (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_trout) (Salvelinus fontinalis). The name derives from the pronounced vermiculations, evoking the stripes of a tiger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger). It is a rare phenomenon in the wild, with the brook trout having 84 chromosomes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosome) and the brown trout 80.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_trout#cite_note-0) "

i dont know if michigan dnr has or hasnt stocked them. doubtful in this stream, they dont plant it with anything.


Wow very nice. That fish was caught in Michigan?

yep that is a michigan fish. landed it up near the headwaters of an unmentionable trib.

[UltimateOutdoorsman]

Wow very cool! I didnt know those existed. Now I gotta catch one :D

[TC-fisherman]

Thanks for the pics, I caught a little one this summer on a small NW stream. I felt kinda stupid staring at this fish in my hand not having a clue what it was.

[brookies101]

VERY cool fish!!! Thanks for sharing

[spincaster22]

Nice post i need to start searching for some Tiger's

[itchn2fish]

Very cool & very rare. I've only caught a few in my entire life.

[brookie~freak]

back in the summer of '91, I was 15 yrs old. Hooked a funny looking fish that fought like mad on a panther martin spinner and lost it at the net. Exactly one week later during a thunderstom I hooked another trout on the same spinner at the same hole but it made it to the net this time. I immediately knew what it was because I saw a pic of a tiger trout in a book that I had. Kept it and my mom and dad paid for the taxidermy job. It is hanging up in their basement right next to a mount of one of my biggest Mich. brook trout.

[Frogfish101]

IMO, you best chance at a tiger is in the Driftless Area of WI.

[fishalotbob]

Awesome fish! Can definately say never seen on of those!