11-13-2020, 03:12 PM
Amazing fish. 2013 was a banner year for the Tiger Trout in Schofield. Within a span of 3 weeks I was able to catch 3 different tigers over 30".
Below are a few pictures of them.
The very first one I kept was right at 32" (Picture with the sunglasses on my hat and also with my hood on). He is mounted on the wall to this day.
The second one was right at 30" (Cannot find any pictures that I still have of this one, it was released for another fisherman to catch)
The third one was my biggest stretching the tape measure to 34 1/4" (Camo beanie picture, this was also released) at the time I was unaware of the catch and release state record for both fish that I released that would have beat the current record of 29".
Last picture is of my dad catching a big nice female. It was upper 20's in inches, I do not remember exactly.
Unfortunately I do not think the lake will ever produce tigers this size again. This was the perfect storm of chubs infesting the lake but at the time they were very small and the tigers could eat them and grow into monsters. A few years later the chubs seemed to outgrow the tiger trout and ruined the lake.
![[Image: Screenshot-20201113-075453-Instagram.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/wdkMVDp/Screenshot-20201113-075453-Instagram.jpg)
![[Image: Screenshot-20201113-075439-Instagram.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/1XvqjHV/Screenshot-20201113-075439-Instagram.jpg)
![[Image: Screenshot-20201113-075422-Instagram.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/RCYWvqw/Screenshot-20201113-075422-Instagram.jpg)
![[Image: Screenshot-20201113-075406-Instagram.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/PCsyh4k/Screenshot-20201113-075406-Instagram.jpg)
Below are a few pictures of them.
The very first one I kept was right at 32" (Picture with the sunglasses on my hat and also with my hood on). He is mounted on the wall to this day.
The second one was right at 30" (Cannot find any pictures that I still have of this one, it was released for another fisherman to catch)
The third one was my biggest stretching the tape measure to 34 1/4" (Camo beanie picture, this was also released) at the time I was unaware of the catch and release state record for both fish that I released that would have beat the current record of 29".
Last picture is of my dad catching a big nice female. It was upper 20's in inches, I do not remember exactly.
Unfortunately I do not think the lake will ever produce tigers this size again. This was the perfect storm of chubs infesting the lake but at the time they were very small and the tigers could eat them and grow into monsters. A few years later the chubs seemed to outgrow the tiger trout and ruined the lake.