When anglers were asked if more restrictions should be put in place to protect these fish so they could reach larger sizes, over 90 said yes. The previous record for tiger trout was an 18.49-pound fish caught by angler Kelly Flaherty from Bonaparte Lake in Okanogan County on May 6, 2015. As this tiger trout fishery has increased in popularity, it has become evident that if we want more of these fish to reach larger sizes, restrictive fishing rules needed to be put in place. He was right a measurement confirmed the fish was a new state record, and the official 24.49-pound weight was certified at WDFW’s Spokane office that Monday, June 28. “I said, ‘You gotta be kidding me, I know this thing is over 18 pounds,’” he said. “Well, it turned out it was a record anyway.”įortunately, Peterson’s mother and a neighbor quickly informed him that the state record for tiger trout was 18 pounds. “Honestly, I was ecstatic, but tried to let it go because I was thinking in my head that if this thing is this big now, in a year it might be a record,” Peterson laughed. But even once he’d landed it, he wasn’t entirely sure he would keep it until he found it was unable to swim away on its own.
“I hooked into that thing and he pulled drag for quite a while before it stopped,” he said.Īs he reeled in the fish, he could tell it was a big one. “They fight really good, they eat excellent, they’re just a blast to catch,” Peterson said of tiger trout, adding that they frequently grow quite large in the lake.īut he knew he had something special as soon as the record fish was on his line. Spin-fishing and using a whole nightcrawler as bait, Peterson said he was targeting tiger trout that day, which he frequently does when fishing Loon Lake. They are produced almost exclusively in hatcheries and average about five pounds. Tiger trout are a sterile hybrid fish produced by cross-breeding a brown trout with a brook trout. Physical characteristics intermediate between brown trout and brook trout. WDFW stocks a variety of fish in Loon Lake, including about 85,000 kokanee in late spring, several hundred jumbo rainbow trout in March and April and 10,000 tiger trout in the fall. Tiger Trout (Brown x Brook Trout Hybrid) ( Salmo trutta x Salvelinus fontinalis) An 8-inch naturally reproduced wild tiger trout. Peterson said he’s been fishing Loon Lake - located about 30 miles north of Spokane - ever since he was a kid. The tiger trout is a sterile, intergeneric hybrid of the brown trout and the brook trout. The 24.49-pound tiger trout broke the previous record by 6 pounds, according to Bruce Baker, an inland fish biologist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).Īngler Caylun Peterson caught the monster tiger trout while fishing in the early-morning hours to escape the triple-digit heat forecast for the day. A massive tiger trout pulled from Loon Lake in Stevens County on June 26 has set a new state record, state fishery managers have confirmed.
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