Wild Tigers

[BRK TRT]

Last week while fishing a CT class 1 WTMA stream I hooked a wild tiger trout.
While reaching for my camera the trout seperated form the fly.
I have been fishing many years and this is only the second time I've hooked one of these.


Well saturday I was back on this same stream. The sky was overcast with some drizzle. The stream was beautiful with lots of new growth and water temps in the mid 50's.

I was fishing a Bomber dry fly and had taken several nice brookies,

Then on one particular drift along the far bank the Bomber took a violent strike, the trout was on. After many darts and dashes, with a few strong headshakes the trout came to hand.


A beautiful wild Tiger trout.

After the photo, with a good feeling I released the fighter back to the stream.

That evening I celebrated with,

Safron Rice with Shrimp

Brk Trt

 

[kbuchta]

This is a great report and what a catch! That is a beautiful fish!

 

[CTnympher]

Awesome catch! Im in CT what WTMA is this if you dont mind telling?..Also if this is a true wild tiger trout consider yourself very lucky as I was reading an article the other day saying it is a RARE phonomenon in the wild CONGRATS!

 

[golden beetle]

This is a phenomenal post. I thought I'd bump it up again so people could see the pics.

 

[BRK TRT]

Thanks GB,

That tiger was taken in the same stream you and your friend fished.


Brk Trt

 

[G Lech]

that tiger is awesome. Sweet pics and dinner looks good

 

[kbuchta]

Glad that someone revived this post. What a beautiful fish. I will be on the look out (probably for life) for a Tiger Trout. Maybe one day in CT I'll get lucky!!!

 

[BRK TRT]

Glad that someone revived this post. What a beautiful fish. I will be on the look out (probably for life) for a Tiger Trout. Maybe one day in CT I'll get lucky!!!

Kelly,
Thanks.
Do you fish in CT? There are a few small streams that the DEP has sampled and they hold a good population of wild tigers. They can't explain why some streams will do better with these guys than others.


Brk Trt

 

[kbuchta]

Brk Trt

I do fish CT more than any other state, though I live in NJ. I am usually in the Farmington area in the summer and also the local streams near Norwalk, Westport, Wilton, CT.

 

[BRK TRT]

Brk Trt

I do fish CT more than any other state, though I live in NJ. I am usually in the Farmington area in the summer and also the local streams near Norwalk, Westport, Wilton, CT.

Well if your in the Farmington area, your not more than 10 miles from some excellent trout fishing. Have you ever fished the Farmy?

Brk Trt

 

[Trouser Trout]

How do those Tiger Trout taste anyway?

 

[BRK TRT]

You can't keep them, they're on the endangered spicies list.


Brk Trt

 

[Trouser Trout]

You can't keep them, they're on the endangered spicies list.


Brk Trt

Oh I didn't think of that...... just kidding....I haven't kept a trout since i was 16 years old, but i've only caught 7 since then.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

Wild tigers seem to be more common on small streams. My theory is that on larger streams, brookies and browns seek out different spawning habitat and the chances of them interbreeding are greatly reduced. Small streams like Dunfield Creek have too few spawning locations and the numbers of wild tigers goes up on those types of small streams.

 

[G Lech]

Oh I didn't think of that...... just kidding....I haven't kept a trout since i was 16 years old, but i've only caught 7 since then.

6 more than most here have caught

 

[golden beetle]

Rusty, I have caught both browns and brookies on dunnfield creek, but never a tiger trout.

My question is, about what percentage of the fish in dunnfield creek are tigers?

I am guessing that I have caught about twenty trout in total, in all of my visits to dunnfield creek. I find the creek is too close to the Appalachian trail to give me the kind of solitude I need on the water.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

Rusty, I have caught both browns and brookies on dunnfield creek, but never a tiger trout.

My question is, about what percentage of the fish in dunnfield creek are tigers?

I am guessing that I have caught about twenty trout in total, in all of my visits to dunnfield creek. I find the creek is too close to the Appalachian trail to give me the kind of solitude I need on the water.

I don't know the percentage, it varies greatly year to year depending on spawning successes. But it would be low single digits for certain even in a good year. Yeah, that stream is way too crowded for most. I just used it as an example of a stream with wild tigers.

 

[golden beetle]

I don't know the percentage, it varies greatly year to year depending on spawning successes. But it would be low single digits for certain even in a good year. Yeah, that stream is way too crowded for most. I just used it as an example of a stream with wild tigers.

Rusty, Dunnfield Creek deserves a lot of props, because it has some nice, deep pools that hold some pretty big brown trout. I have caught some nice sized browns there, perhaps in the 12-14" range... Nice for small stream wild trout.

The brookies I've caught there are MUCH smaller.

But no tigers.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

Rusty, Dunnfield Creek deserves a lot of props, because it has some nice, deep pools that hold some pretty big brown trout. I have caught some nice sized browns there, perhaps in the 12-14" range... Nice for small stream wild trout.

The brookies I've caught there are MUCH smaller.

But no tigers.

Keep fishing it, they're in there!

 

[BRK TRT]

This wild tiger was taken in a Connecticut Class 1 WTMA.
You can see the distinct brown, and brookie attributes.
They fight like bulldogs, very strong.

Brk Trt

 

[NJAngler]

This is a pretty wild tiger from a few years back...

 

[coolkyle]

I am guessing that I have caught about twenty trout in total, in all of my visits to dunnfield creek. I find the creek is too close to the Appalachian trail to give me the kind of solitude I need on the water.

After my one trip there, I will only fish it if it's crappy outside. Having your picture taken by strangers while you fish is a bit irritating. I need to find a stream this nice away from a stupid trail.

 

[BRK TRT]

This is a pretty wild tiger from a few years back...

Thats a beautiful trout.
Taken in what State?

Brk Trt

 

[madison]

Had a friend catch one on the neversink.
We think it was a stocked fish washed out of a near by pond.
Nice fish!

 

[golden beetle]

This is a pretty wild tiger from a few years back...

What a beautiful picture.

-From My Bed in Rehab,
Beetle.

 

[Trout Fever]

beetle i dont think you need rehab i think you need a therapist

 

[Simms]

I caught 2 wild tigers in the Gorge last season, was a beautiful experience

 

[Balsam]

This is an old pattern I doubt anyone ties anymore except me, but it has often worked well when dries were not being taken. I'd rather catch one on top than 20 under but when tigers are there in decent size, holdovers from stockings past, I will throw a wet if I have to feed us shoreside.