It was caught from Lake Michigan in 1978. The previous world record for the species is 20-pounds, 13-ounces. The WDFW has confirmed the fish as the new state record, but Peterson’s tiger trout also is a potential world record for the species, too. I said, ‘You gotta be kidding me, I know this thing is over 18 pounds!” Well, it turned out it was a record anyway. Honestly, I was ecstatic, but tried to let it go because I was thinking in my head that if this thing is this big now, in a year it might be a record.
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“I hooked into that thing and he pulled drag for quite a while before it stopped. Summer temperatures limit trout survival and reproduction in Delaware waters so stocked fish are meant to be taken, but may be released at the anglers discretion. Pound for pound, their aggression and fighting ability surpasses all other Trout. While he knew the fish was big, he didn’t expect it to be the state record until some friends and family told him how much the existing record for the species weighed. The Tiger Trout is a sterile hybrid of the Brown Trout and the Brook Trout. He planned on throwing the fish back into the water, but the trout was so exhausted from the fight that it expired. As far as the bait he used to hook the monster tiger trout, he kept it simple using a simple nightcrawler and typical spinning tackle. Peterson has been fishing in Loon Lake since he was a kid, and typically targets trout because they fight hard and taste great. The new record eclipsed the previous record by about 6 pounds. The fish was caught by Caylun Peterson in Loon Lake, Washington, about 30 miles north of Spokane.
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Earlier this summer a Texas man caught a new world record mean mouth bass, which is a mix between a largemouth and small mouth bass.Īccording to Outdoor Life, the new world record tiger trout tipped the scales at a whopping 24-pounds 4.9-ounces. It’s the second world record for a hybrid fish caught this year. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) stocks a variety of fish in Loon Lake, including about 10,000 tiger trout every autumn.Ī tiger trout caught by a fisherman in Washington state at the end of June is now the pending world record for the species. Like many hybrid fish, tiger trout are sterile and do not reproduce. While brown and brook trout are theoretically capable of breeding in the wild, the vast majority of tiger trout are synthetically hybridized and raised in fish hatcheries before being released into the wild. But when you mix a brown trout and brook trout, you get what’s known as a tiger trout.
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The result is a very aggressive fish that exhibits the best qualities of both. There is a new world record for a fish you may not have heard of… because it’s a hybrid between two more commonly known fish.īrown trout, rainbow trout, and brook trout are all somewhat commonly known species and they are regularly targeted by anglers in the United States. Tiger Trout The rare Tiger is a cross between the Brown and Brook Trout.