Is this a tiger or pike?
seanholmz
Posted 8/13/2017 12:55 PM (#874097)
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I caught this on a lake in Ontario and it looks like a tiger to me but guides on the lake said they have never seen a tiger on the lake. The lake does contain muskie and a lot of pike. The fish measured 45 inches.

Edited by seanholmz 8/13/2017 1:10 PM




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jheminva
Posted 8/13/2017 1:13 PM (#874102 - in reply to #874097)
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Location: Illinois
Awesome Tiger!
Matt DeVos
Posted 8/13/2017 1:16 PM (#874103 - in reply to #874097)
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Yes, tiger. Nice one!
River2Stream
Posted 8/13/2017 2:37 PM (#874113 - in reply to #874103)
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Pretty fish .. that lake looks amazing as well
muskyroller
Posted 8/13/2017 3:43 PM (#874121 - in reply to #874097)
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Location: North St. Paul, MN
El tigre
Jeremy
Posted 8/13/2017 4:32 PM (#874124 - in reply to #874102)
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Location: Minnesota.
jheminva - 8/13/2017 1:13 PM

Awesome Tiger!

Times 2!!
seanholmz
Posted 8/13/2017 5:13 PM (#874126 - in reply to #874097)
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Thanks everyone! I've never caught one until this and wasn't 100 percent positive, but after looking at some photos of pike and tigers it's obviously a tiger. My friend caught a 50 inch ski in the same spot 30 minutes before this hit my medussa. It was unreal.

Edited by seanholmz 8/13/2017 5:15 PM
fin
Posted 8/13/2017 5:37 PM (#874128 - in reply to #874097)
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Beautiful fish.
NPike
Posted 8/13/2017 5:41 PM (#874130 - in reply to #874128)
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Great tiger (not a pike). BTW I have heard of these rare hybrids in lakes where no stocking takes place.
T3clay
Posted 8/13/2017 6:22 PM (#874132 - in reply to #874097)
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Beautiful fish
true tiger tamer
Posted 8/13/2017 9:14 PM (#874153 - in reply to #874097)
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Beautiful tiger!
lifeisfun
Posted 8/14/2017 4:11 AM (#874171 - in reply to #874097)
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Location: Ontario
Oh, what a nice Tiger!
Good for you
Brian7488
Posted 8/14/2017 6:29 AM (#874178 - in reply to #874097)
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seanholmz - 8/13/2017 12:55 PM

I caught this on a lake in Ontario and it looks like a tiger to me but guides on the lake said they have never seen a tiger on the lake. The lake does contain muskie and a lot of pike. The fish measured 45 inches.


Were these "guides" musky guides? If they were they should be ashamed of themselves. Beautiful Tiger, congrats on the fish.
bigfishgirl
Posted 8/14/2017 8:48 AM (#874193 - in reply to #874097)
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Beautiful Tiger! Just because the guides haven't seen one doesn't mean they aren't there!
They are definitely less common than pike/muskie because they are sterile, and don't reproduce.
Eagleweagle
Posted 8/14/2017 5:08 PM (#874280 - in reply to #874097)
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Beautiful tiger!!!!!
NPike
Posted 8/14/2017 7:39 PM (#874302 - in reply to #874193)
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bigfishgirl - 8/14/2017 9:48 AM

Beautiful Tiger! Just because the guides haven't seen one doesn't mean they aren't there!
They are definitely less common than pike/muskie because they are sterile, and don't reproduce.


Tigers have to be stocked. They only occur very rarely in lakes that have both pike and pre bred musky's (due to different spawning periods and habitats, in lakes in which they coexist). I'm not surprised the guides have never seen one in a Canadian lake where often no stocking of tigers has likely taken place.
jheminva
Posted 8/14/2017 8:58 PM (#874333 - in reply to #874097)
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Tiger musky are produced naturally from pure musky and pike. Tiger musky themselves can't reproduce. They are in lakes that have never been stocked with tigers.
bigfishgirl
Posted 8/15/2017 7:52 AM (#874368 - in reply to #874302)
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We definitely have them in Nipeeing, I saw a little one (20-ish") come in less than a month ago. AFAIK, they have never been stocked here.

Edited by bigfishgirl 8/15/2017 7:57 AM
bigfishgirl
Posted 8/15/2017 8:00 AM (#874371 - in reply to #874097)
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that should be Nipeeing.....edit isn't working for some reason?
bigfishgirl
Posted 8/15/2017 11:51 AM (#874392 - in reply to #874097)
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N-i-p-i-s-s-i-n-g

Edited by bigfishgirl 8/15/2017 11:52 AM
NPike
Posted 8/15/2017 12:43 PM (#874401 - in reply to #874333)
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jheminva - 8/14/2017 9:58 PM

Tiger musky are produced naturally from pure musky and pike. Tiger musky themselves can't reproduce. They are in lakes that have never been stocked with tigers.


Whereas the hybrid can occur in the wild where both species coexist it's rather uncommon. The vast majority of hybrids are produced in the hatchery.
MuskyMidget
Posted 8/15/2017 6:08 PM (#874448 - in reply to #874097)
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I caught a tiger on LOTW a few years ago and I highly doubt tigers are stocked in lotw. LOL !!!
seanholmz
Posted 8/15/2017 10:21 PM (#874480 - in reply to #874097)
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I caught this on Tetu lake, which has a low muskie population...its connected to white dog, which is part of the Winnipeg river system and fed by little and big sand lake, which is where the muskies come from I'm told. I doubt there is stocking of tigers anywhere near based on what I've been told. Thanks for all the compliments on the fisb.
Hankjr21
Posted 8/19/2017 2:47 PM (#874895 - in reply to #874097)
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Nice Tiger . We are catching them now in the Kawartha's on Balsam my son caught a 46" er and I have heard of a couple 50" ers over the last several years . The pures are still doing Ok so far .