06-20-2010, 03:03 AM
06-20-2010, 03:07 AM
It's a tiger trout. I caught one there today too!
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06-20-2010, 03:13 AM
no doubt..Tiger Trout.
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06-20-2010, 03:13 AM
Thats what I thought it was... It just a little pale compared to some of the pictures I have seen. Maybe just variation within the species?? Or size and age??
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06-20-2010, 03:37 AM
Better be careful. With tigers that size in there, you may not be able to find a place to fish at Smitty if you keep advertising it. LOL!
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06-20-2010, 04:58 PM
Tigers have lighter coloration when they are young because of hatchery food and take on more distinct colors after they spend some time eating in the wild. The exoskeletons of insects and mollusks such as crayfish contain keratin which gives all trout more vivid coloration. When trout grow large some begin feeding almost exclusively on other fish and the colors they exhibited from a diet of insects begin to fade and they take on a silvery appearance. The brightest colors you will see in any salmonid take place during the spawning season. Tigers are sterile but they do start pairing up in the fall. I caught one at the Price river fall before last that had a bright yellow belly underneath olive green sides.
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