Tiger Trout World Record

The world record Tiger Trout is 20 lbs.
Tiger trout world record. While impressive the all-tackle world record for tiger trout is set at a gargantuan 20 pounds 13 oz. They are closely related to rainbow trout and often get mistaken for a golden rainbow but are in fact separate species. 02072020 The world record golden trout was caught in a Wyoming lake and measured at 28 inches and over 11 pounds.
To this reporter they look a bit more like a cheetah. Good bait choices include worms eggs and live or dead minnows depending on local laws. Not to mention the Washington State record for tiger trout weighing in at 1849 pounds was caught using just a worm and egg.
Mayes brought in the 24-inch long tiger on Dec. Bait fishing for tiger trout is not the most effective way to catch these fish but there is a time and place for it. The tiger trout is a sterile intergeneric hybrid of the brown trout and the brook trout.
The fish is an anomaly in the wild considering the parents are members of different genera. Congratulations to Gatlynn Mayes for hooking into this huge 48-pound tiger trout from Becker Pond in Idaho Falls and setting the new certified weight record for the species. Records of this fish date back as far as 1944.
13 ozs and was caught out of Lake Michigan WI on Aug. This monster surfaced in Lake Michigan circa 1978. As for their history tiger trout is a cross between brown trout and brook trout.
Until caught many anglers considered both this species and their more extreme-sized exceptions as a myth. See more ideas about brook trout brown trout trout. And while the British record now.