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muskypuke

Posted 8/29/2008 7:40 AM (#333991 - in reply to #326068)
Subject: RE: Hybrid patterns is there a rule of thumb?

Awesome thread! Tigers are so beautiful it's sick. Got the best marking/pattern combos of both species. Hard to beat that.

It's already been noted I'm sure, but it does seem pretty evident that the hybrids really do retain stronger marking/coloration/pattern characteristics of their parentage. More silver-hued/spotty if one parent is an Upper Miss. strain... and darker green/more defined stripes with a Wisco strain parent. Makes complete sense I suppose.

Either way, keep throwing down with pics of these hybrids. Never caught one myself... but I'll live vicariously thru these photos!

Mark

JKahler

Posted 9/1/2008 1:41 PM (#334278 - in reply to #326068)
Subject: Re: Hybrid patterns is there a rule of thumb?

Posts: 1288

Location: WI

I just caught this one a few days ago on the Chip, it's my first tiger @ 39".
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Jimbo

Posted 9/9/2008 3:51 PM (#335450 - in reply to #326068)
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Pelican Lake, Wi.

CiscoKid

Posted 9/12/2008 7:09 AM (#335816 - in reply to #326068)
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Posts: 1906

Location: Oconto Falls, WI

Here's one I posted on here several years ago, but will add it to this thread.

Caught in a fairly clear, sucker based lake where the Tigers occur naturally. What is interesting is there are a couple of pike in this lake, but very, very few. However the lake has a lot of tigers. The musky tend to be more on the brown side in coloration.

If I get a chance I'll post a couple more tigers.

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CiscoKid

Posted 9/12/2008 7:28 AM (#335818 - in reply to #326068)
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI

Here’s a monster caught in another Vilas Cty lake with naturally occurring Tigers. This lake is a cisco based lake with tanic, yet clear colored water. Lake had been stocked in the past with muskies, and those “stocker” fish usually have a greenish hue coloration to them. The “native” fish in the lake though have a brown coloration to them. The coloration of this little guy is typical in most small tiger muskies I have seen in any lake.

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JKahler

Posted 9/12/2008 10:32 PM (#335931 - in reply to #326068)
Subject: Re: Hybrid patterns is there a rule of thumb?

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Location: WI

Wow Travis, that 48" is beatiful!!!

SVT

Posted 9/15/2008 6:13 PM (#336295 - in reply to #326068)
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heres a few...

Mr Musky

Posted 9/16/2008 8:01 PM (#336458 - in reply to #326068)
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The Tiger's in Lac Vieux Desert look like Sorno's last pic. Unfortunately I dont have a scanner to scan a pic of one I caught a few years back. I dont beileve that coloring has anything to do with Silver Northerns though.

SVT

Posted 9/30/2008 4:49 PM (#338635 - in reply to #326068)
Subject: RE: Hybrid patterns is there a rule of thumb?

Ive caught a couple in my day....some hold some amazing color...

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SVT

Posted 9/30/2008 5:01 PM (#338636 - in reply to #326068)
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a piggy

ILGreenhead

Posted 2/13/2009 8:58 PM (#360528 - in reply to #326068)
Subject: Re: Hybrid patterns is there a rule of thumb?

Posts: 122

Location: North Central Illinois

Bring this back to the top because I really enjoy Tigers and this thread is one of the best on the net going right now!

firstsixfeet

Posted 2/20/2009 8:30 AM (#361742 - in reply to #326068)
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I am glad that many have enjoyed this thread. I didn't know what to expect when I started it, but was curious as to what the varying patterns are for these fish.

There does seem to be a specific pattern for the Eastern WI fish which are occurring naturally in a couple of basins. I am suspicious it is related more to the northern pike strain, than the musky strain involved, and seems to pop up on those fish quite a lot, and that is the variant barring and thin barring patterns that occur. It is fun to look at the many hybrids here. Thanks to everyone that took the trouble to post. And please post some more as you find them.

Muskyhunter247

Posted 2/20/2009 9:43 PM (#361847 - in reply to #361742)
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Here is a Tiger I caught last Summer in a NW Wisconsin lake.

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ILGreenhead

Posted 7/12/2009 9:58 PM (#388271 - in reply to #326068)
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Location: North Central Illinois

Bringing this back to the top!!

rick_rudder

Posted 8/20/2009 10:50 PM (#395152 - in reply to #326068)
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http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff332/grizzwald_us/IMG_0783.jpg

Edited by rick_rudder 8/20/2009 11:08 PM

Steve Reinstra

Posted 8/27/2009 9:15 PM (#396442 - in reply to #333234)
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Location: MadCity Wisconsin

I'll keep it going with an Edward Lake, Ontario 43". Nice battle also.

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castblast

Posted 1/19/2010 6:49 PM (#418240 - in reply to #326068)
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Location: Moses Lake, Wa

Here is a Lake Tapps Tiger caught on a ducktail lures bucktail holding against a bridge support.

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