The Mysterious Tiger Trout Doesn't Make an Easy Catch!
The tiger trout is one of the most mysterious trout varieties that exists. A tiger trout is a cross-breed or hybridization between a Brook Trout
and a Brown Trout
. What makes this an even more unique fact is that a brook and a brown trout each belong to a separate genus. So even though it is easy for a biologist to perform this cross-breeding in a controlled setting, it is very unusual that tiger trout occur in the wild.
To create a tiger trout the female has to be a brown trout, therefore the male must be a brook trout. The body shape of a tiger trout most likely takes after the brook trout side of the family, while their scales are larger like the brown trout. The spotting pattern of this trout is different from either parent and is quite striking; they have sides that are greenish to brownish and have wormlike marks.
All tiger trout are sterile because of the dissimilarity between the numbers of chromosomes in each parent; this results in a low population, so your chances of catching a tiger trout are very slim. Because they don't spend time spawning, though, tiger trout will often grow to trophy sizes. So if you're lucky enough to catch one, you may get one that is of an impressive size!
Because tiger trout don't breed in the wild, most tiger trout found have been planted or stocked by fish hatcheries.
Though we can't promise that you'll reel in one of these rarities on your next trip, you will find some great resources here at trout-fishing-i.com to help you reel in a big one. The resource websites below will give you lots of great Trout Fishing Tips
no matter what your skill level. So good luck finding the tips you want to use, and good luck fishing...and who knows, maybe that next one you pull in will be a tiger trout.
Be sure to check out our pages on trout fishing tips, Trout Recipes
, Trout Pictures
, Trout Bait
, and Trout Flies
elsewhere on this site.
