Tiger trout from DWR

[One_eyed_jack]

Tiger trout info from the DWR.



[url "http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/news/05-04/tiger.html"]http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/news/05-04/tiger.html[/url]
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[Theekillerbee]

Thanks for the link. Good info to have.
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[One_eyed_jack]

It is exciting to hear that these fish will now be in waters closer to home. It is also nice to know that our license monies do go twards some good improvements.
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[southernman]

thanks, but it says panguitch lake has tigers, and i checked the 2003 stocking report - no tigers . . hmmmmmmmm ???? anybody know whats up wid dat?

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[wiperhunter2]

East canyon and Rockport would be very close indeed thanks for the post. You still planning on fishing at Willard a week from Saturday(wiper contest)? WH2
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[wormandbobber]

Panguitch lake does have some tigers. They haven't been in the lake long and there aren't very many, but some have been stocked. Panguitch Lake also has a major chub problem. The chub population is so high and the lake has been so low, that the survival of trout has been poor the past several years. I wouldn't expect a good fishing year for Panguitch. And, I definitely wouldn't expect to go to Panguitch and catch tiger trout.
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[icefool]

Thanks for the link. I fish east canyon alot from shore. What do you use to catch these fish. Since they are a trout do you use the same bait as you would for a rainbow?I would really like to pull in one of those, I have never caught one.
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[tightline]

It would be great if they put these in the Berry. You wouldn't have the idiots that confuse them with Cutts like the Rainbows and I would imagine with there disposition that they would pound those chubs. Can you imagine a 7lb. tiger. Now that would be fun.
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[just_trolling]

This is the best report that I have heard from the DWR in a while. I can't wait to get up to East Canyon and try to catch one.
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[hedgesd]

Hey W&B this is the first I've heard of tigers in Panguitch. I take it that you've caught one in Panguitch or is this just more fluff.
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[wormandbobber]

I talked with Dale Hepworth (he is the southern region's fisheries manager for the DWR) yesterday, he is the one who gave me this info. He also said that the numbers of trout in the gillnetting samples were the lowest he had ever seen by a considerable margin. He stated that they (the DWR) may stock catchables in the reservoir to try and bolster the trout population, but he wasn't sure what they would try to do.

I asked him about the possibility of splake, but he didn't think they would do well because the lake is having oxygen problems. He doesn't think splake would do well for this reason...he also said that the tiger trout have not done well.
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[hedgesd]

Nice response W&B.

Did he say anything about chubs or the cuts.
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[Xman]

they actually planted east canyon with tigers about 4 years ago. they didnt do to good. i talked to the ogden aquatic biologist about it a while back. i never caught one or heard of one caught.
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[wormandbobber]

He did say that there are some big cutts in the lake, but they are few and far between...he said that the survival rate of the small fish has been so low that very few cutts ever make it to sizes where they start eating chubs.
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[Mr_Loopy]

Which is very because last year I saw more than a few people keeping WAY more than their limit....
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[TIBBZZ]

Thats nice tigers are within a close drive from S.L.C. I wonder when they stocked tigers in Rockport and East canyon?
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[fishzman74]

thanks for the post cool looking fish... hope to catch one they sound fun.... anybody now how they do with catch and release hopefully better then bows or cuts...
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[cat_man]

Here's the full report:

Posted Thursday, May 13, 2004

Thousands of tigers released in Utah (trout that is!)

For many Utah anglers, the tiger trout is becoming one of the state's most sought after game fish. They are best known for their strong fight and unusual beauty.


Tiger trout are a hybrid between a male brown trout and a female brook trout. This hybridization creates a trout with a unique, dark, maze-like pattern over its brownish gray body. Its belly and lower fins are yellowish orange. Because it's sterile, the tiger trout is unable to reproduce and does not pose a threat of further hybridization with other trout species. They co-exist well with other fish species, and anglers are rapidly inquiring about how to add one of these gorgeous fish to their creel.

Historically, only a limited number of tiger trout have been raised at Division of Wildlife Resources' fish hatcheries. With updated hatcheries coming online — which allow more efficient use of water — production has increased dramatically during the last year. "The Fountain Green Hatchery has been raising tiger trout for a little over 10 years now and other hatcheries, such as the Loa and Egan hatcheries, have raised tiger trout as well," said Eddie Hanson, Fountain Green Hatchery assistant supervisor. "In the past, we have only been able to raise about 15,000 tiger trout [at the old Fountain Green Hatchery] but with the newly-constructed Fountain Green Hatchery facility, we are raising over 300,000 tiger trout this year alone."

Tiger trout are now found in approximately 40 fishing waters throughout Utah, including Huntington, East Canyon, Hyrum, Joe's Valley, Palie and Rockport reservoirs and Panguitch Lake.

Some of the fees from fishing license sales are used for hatchery improvements, which allows more fish to be raised to meet angler demands. Increased tiger trout production is just one example of how angler license fees are improving Utah's fisheries.
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[RipNLips]

Living near Hyrum Res', I was more then interested when I read

"[size 1]Tiger trout are now found in approximately 40 fishing waters throughout Utah, including Huntington, East Canyon, Hyrum, Joe's Valley, Palie and Rockport reservoirs and Panguitch Lake."[/size]

[size 1]Well... I've never caught a Tiger trout out of Hyrum, so I decided to call the DWR and get some info. Tiger trout have never been planted in Hyrum to date. They've tried Splake but they've never shown up in any surveys so they obviously didn't fair well. This will be the first year for Tiger trout. They'll put 25,000 fingerlings (3") in somewhere around mid July. I guess we'll have to waite a while before they're of any decent size to have fun catching. Next year may very well be fun for Tiger trout at Hyrum if a good portion of the fingerlings make it that long.[/size]
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[southernman]

as usual when the dwr puts out information, its usually mis-information . . they dont have any idea what the hell they're doin, they dont even know where in the hell they have fish stocked . .

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