Utah Tiger Trout

[smokehound]

I read about those last year when my wife and I were preparing to go to Colorado and Utah for a fishing trip. They are a hybrid between Brown Trout and Brook Trout. I am surprised they can even hybridize, although I think they are sterile. We didn't catch any of those, but I caught a Splake Trout at Navajo Lake in Southwestern Utah. That was a pleasant surprise. Splake Trout are hybrids between Brook Trout and Lake Trout, and they actually are fertile. Apparently, those states are into stocking hybrid trout, but California is not.

Thats because california is run by extremist liberals that believe fish should get social security. LOL

[Natural Lefty]

To Smokehound and others, I just wrote a long reply to this thread, which disappeared when I tried to post it. The computer said the page had expired. Perhaps it's because I was saying my pinko tree-hugging liberal stuff, and this site is run by CON-servatives. It seems to be that way with all of the fishing sites I have seen, for the most part. Smokehound, we get along great and agree on all sorts of fishing issues, but I really am a true liberal (I prefer the term progressive). Anyway, I read the site rules, and it said avoid politics, so that is just what I would do, normally.

As far as living in Utah, it has good aspects, but I would not fit in there religiously, socially or politically. Also, I am married to a woman of another race (Chinese and I am White), which is a no-no in the Mormon religion. However, I am particularly good at ignoring or defying social pressures so I could do it if I wanted.

Back to fish, I think the emphasis on native fish (Rainbow, Goldens, Cutthroat, Cohos, Chinooks, Sacramento Perch, and various non-game species) prevails among the DFG here, so maybe that is why we don't have these hybrids, but I wish we did some places (maybe some reservoirs where they wouldn't cause problems).

[MammothMagic]

Beautiful they look like they belong in the amazon with the pecock bass.

[tpfishnfool]

They have em up in Washington St. too. SWEET MEAT BAD *** FISH !!

[tenderloin]

Topaz Lake on the California Nevada border has Tiger trout stocked by Nevada...Also Bow -Cutts

[DCCTrouserTrout]

Topaz Lake on the California Nevada border has Tiger trout stocked by Nevada...Also Bow -Cutts

I had no clue Topaz had those in there. I can never seem to get any fish out of that lake anyways. Caught one of those bow-cutts though in the spillway

[tpfishnfool]

Topaz had them years ago. That lake has not seen a Tiger Trout in years. Remember they cannot reproduce.

[Natural Lefty]

tpfisnfool, my investigations last summer showed that you are correct; they cannot reproduce, so if they haven't been stocked in recent years, they are probably gone.

I find it curious that so many species are closely related enough to hybridize, but their hybrids are not fertile. I don't know the biological mechanism behind that. Other examples include Tiger Muskies (Pike hybridized with Muskies), Wipers (White Bass crossed with Stripers) and Hybrid Sunfish (Bluegill with Green Sunfish). All of these are stocked extensively some places. There are even Wiper farms near the Salton Sea. Saugeyes might also be infertile, but I am not sure about that.

[tenderloin]

As I mentioned in a previous post. Topaz Lake on the California/Nevada border HAS Tiger Trout. They are stocked every winter. In fact they were stocked just a couple weeks ago..about the same time the year before and the year before.

10/20/09 Topaz Lake DO 2,512 7.5" Tiger Trout

11/8/08 Topaz Lake DO 3,780 8.3" Tiger Trout

Scroll down this list to find when,where, number and size.

http://www.ndow.org/fish/stocking/west.shtm

[yakker]

Beautiful they look like they belong in the amazon with the pecock bass.

I thought the same thing. Utah has really changed. ;)