https://fishandgame.idaho.gov/content/ar...erstrout-1
Fish and game is stating that they stocked Tiger trout in several waters around the state. I looked in the stocking reports and the only stocking I see for them this year is in Roberts Gravel pond. Or at least I think that is the correct breeding. Anyone caught one yet? Anyone know where these other "top secret" waters are? I would think that if they are going to say something about stocking them, then they should say where.
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I saw someone had some pics of those posted on Facebook swif… just the other day… not sure where they were caught? What crosses to make a tiger trout? I am assuming they are sterile like a tiger musky or cutbow…
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Sterile cross of Brown and Brook as I understand it.
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I read something the other day about them being stocked in some of the salmon region lakes, but not sure where. I would assume they would be lakes where there are stunted Brookies. I know that's not a lot of help but I figured that may be some direction to some further research.
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Last year they stocked fingerlings in Roberts. This year they stocked catchables.
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Salmon Region....last year fingerlings in Merriam Lake
Clearwater Region...last year fingerlings in Deer Creek Res
Those with Roberts in Upper Snake are all I found.
They might be planning more stocking of catchables this year though.
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I was just disappointed because I'd like to catch one and they made it seem like they stocked in a lot of places. Near as I can tell, it isn't even a handful. Tooting a horn instead of a kazoo. [
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Well, they put a lot of catchables in Roberts this spring. In looking at the stocking reports there always seems to be a lag between what they have stocked this year, and it showing up on the historical stocking reports.
Contact them. They may have stocked them in several more lakes, and it doesn't show up yet.
More interest they see, the more likely they are to continue to use tigers as a stunted population reducer.
Anyway it is a start.
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I guess I'm just a whiner.
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Don't get me wrong. I think it is awesome that they did it. I'd like to see more of it.
I just think throwing a teaser out there is the wrong way to go about it. "Several" is very vague. Why not be specific?
As you stated, there is a lag between stocking and posting, which according to my own observations is sometimes quite large. So now instead of instilling excitement into fishermen to go out and catch and appreciate something new, they create frustration in a lack of information. If you are to argue that they don't want to "hotspot" a location and fish them out right away so they have time to have an impact on prey species, then don't publish at all.
It just seems typical for fish and game to me in that it is only partially thought out. I believe fish and game does a reasonable job of managing fish, they are just very poor about public relations and they don't make it very easy to give them feedback either.
The IS team is awesome, though. They completely went the extra mile to help me get some maps I was working on a few weeks ago.
The department has strengths and weaknesses. Public relations, IMHO, is more of a weakness than a strength.
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Bet they make good bait.
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I bet you're right. [
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I'd like to see them in the southeast region too. I used to catch them in Utah and they're hard fighting cool looking fish. I wouldn't mind seeing some football shaped tigers coming out of some of these fertile reservoirs around here.
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I hope people that catch them in Roberts Gravel Pond , don't keep them . The purpose they were put in there for is to reduce the number of stunted perch . Let then grow and do there job .
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They're definitely good fish eaters. They should get the job done if enough of them are left long enough to grow large.
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Looks like they planned on people harvesting some.
They planted about 3,600 catchables in Roberts. Should be plenty to harvest and enough to grow into perch eating machines.
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I know that Wallace Lake (right above Salmon, ID) is going to be stocked with 11-13" Tigers as soon as the road is cleared of snow and the hatchery truck can get in there. They are stocking them in Wallace with the hopes of reducing Redside Shiner abundance. I was up there last year and the shoreline is just incredibly dense with shiners. There should be plenty of food for the Tigers to grow large (fingers crossed).
Fish cop called me today. He indicated the same thing, but I thought he said Williams, not Wallace. I could be wrong.
He also said he got a report from someone who fish Roberts (I think it was Roberts) and he said that 1 guy caught 24 Tigers in a single evening. He said that he released them all.
He also said that when the new regs come out that the limit for Tigers will likely be 2 fish and perhaps with a slot limit. He indicated that releasing of these fish is not required, but would be appreciated so that they have an opportunity to do what they are wanting them to do. He also said they are considering some other locations to stock them as well.
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Good info hooknhunter. I've heard about the potential bag limit changes as well, and personally I'm ok with it. They won't do any good if they all get harvested within the first few months. I'm also positive that in the Salmon Region they are going into Wallace Lake. Williams doesn't have any abundance issues with non desirable fish (yet at least) so Tigers wouldn't be needed there.
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