Fishing Forum

Saturday morning I fished from my float tube at Huntington Reservoir. I got on the water shortly after 8:30 and used an olive-brown wooly bugger. I trolled it far behind me on floating fly line with a bit of lead weight on the leader. I imagine a sinking-tip line would do the same--get the fly down a couple of feet. For the first half-hour, the strikes came regularly, and those tiger trout sure are good fighters and jumpers! After the sun had been on the water awhile, however, the fishing slowed down--at least for me. There were a few other fisherman, on the shore and on tubes/pontoons.

Later that night, on Doug Miller's show, they showed a few seconds of people catching tiger trout at various spots around the state, including Huntington. Some of the fish they showed on TV were really orange. Mine were all silvery. Can anybody tell me when they get orange?
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When I fished huntington last week some were silver and some were orange on the belly. I don't know what caused the difference.
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they probably turn that color in the fall. maybe a summer to fall transition type of deal. but i dont know. most fish turn there color when they spawn. but tiger trout cant spawn because they are a cross breed hybrid, so i dont know what could cause a color change.
joe
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just because they can't really breed doesn't mean they can't pretend. Most hybreds will still stage for a spawn even though they can't produce viable offspring. They will usually exhibit spawning habits similar to one parent or a combination of both,
jed
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That could definately have something to do with it. since the browns and brooks are in spawn mode they could most definately be in a similar staging pattern.

One thing, could the color differences mean a gender difference? Male or Female? Or are all hybrids the same sex?
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that most definitely makes a difference, they still have the parts, they just don't work.
jed
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i think the coloring of the tiger trout must have something to do with the sax of the fish.. i have cought bright orange fish at huntington all year long.. from icefishing into the spring and summer fall.. so it must have something to do with the sex of the fish..

dude on fish?
Ron
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