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Location: Ogden, Ut | Took a co-worker out fishing today with the idea of getting him his first tiger. It was kind of cool and breezy (for here, anyway) and for the first hour and a half, things weren't looking too promising. But it began to warm up a bit and about 2 seconds after I got done letting him know that we were entering a 400 yard stretch where I have never gotten a fish, the outside line starts screaming. After a nice battle, complete with a jump and a couple surface headshakes, a chunky 33.5" tiger rested calmly in the bottom of the net. We snapped a couple pictures, exchanged high fives and slid her back in to get about 20" longer. We picked up another one about an hour later then had to leave to go collect kids from school. I think that's the 4th 'first tiger' in the boat this year so far. It's nice to get on some fish again, it's been a tough fall.
S.
Edited by sorenson 11/14/2008 5:10 PM
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| Congrats now you gotta take him with you more often I bet  |
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Location: Brookfield, WI | You must be like everybody's favorite uncle out there. Wive, mothers, and grandmothers all over Utah are telling family members, "You go fishing with your Uncle Sorno, he'll help you catch one of those pretty Tiger muskies."
Good work, dude.
Kevin
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| Always appreciate the scenery of a Sorno post.
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| Here is a question for you Tiger Master. Why doesn't the state of Utah try stocking pure strain muskies? Maybe they would reproduce; and save the cost of restocking year after year. Is it because the authorities fear they would reproduce, get out of control, and affect other populations? Or are the tigers stocked mostly to control populations of rough fish; and muskies are not a desired game species? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Sorno, beautiful images, nice fish, and what sounds like a great day on the water |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | Cast - 11/15/2008 7:18 AM
Here is a question for you Tiger Master. Why doesn't the state of Utah try stocking pure strain muskies? Maybe they would reproduce; and save the cost of restocking year after year. Is it because the authorities fear they would reproduce, get out of control, and affect other populations? Or are the tigers stocked mostly to control populations of rough fish; and muskies are not a desired game species?
1. yes, fear of unregulated reproduction - not necessarily where DWR would put them, but where our 'bucket brigade' would put them. They could and would decimate reservoir trout fisheries since many of those fisheries are comprise of only trout (i.e., no alternate forage).
2. panfish control primarily - thinning the herd, so to speak, so the survivors grow bigger; the sportfishery that has developed for them has mostly been a by-product.
3. And yes, unfortunately, they are not highly thought of as a sport species. The mindset is quite different out here and the degree of success is measured by the number of fish in as short of period as possible for instant gratification. Patience is not thought to be a real desirable attribute out here evidently. Trout is still king, but with diminishing water quality caused by human actions, warm water species are the future - too bad many of our managers can't see that.
4. (The question that wasn't asked) We can't find a source of pure strain muskies that are disease-free - yet. |
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