Range and Identity
The identity Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis is retained. Washington describes hatchery production using female Brown Trout and male Brook Trout, while noting rare natural hybridization. The cross is described as sterile, and parent-species size records are not assigned to the hybrid.
Habitat and Behavior
Tiger Trout feed on fish and can be taken on minnow imitations, streamers, spoons and spinners. In Washington lake guidance, cooler spring and fall water often brings fish higher in the water column, while summer warmth can move them deeper. These are regional fishing observations.
Food and Life History
The agency lists ten to sixteen inches as average, while its documented 27.42-pound Loon Lake catch in 2022 greatly exceeds a general five-pound size example. The larger catch is labeled as a dated regional record, not a universal size expectation.
Field Note
Keep ordinary size guidance separate from exceptional catches. A typical twenty-inch example does not establish a maximum when the same source documents a much larger fish.
All Lakes With Tiger Trout
Browse all lakes and reservoirs with confirmed Tiger Trout records in our database, listed alphabetically.
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- Academy Mill Reservoir Sanpete, UT
- Alum Pond Worcester, MA
- Antero Reservoir Park, CO
- Ashfield Pond Franklin, MA
- Ashland Reservoir Middlesex, MA
- Ashumet Pond Barnstable, MA
- Asnacomet Pond Worcester, MA
- Baddacook Pond Middlesex, MA
- Bair Reservoir Meagher, MT
- Baker Lake Summit, UT
- Baker Pond Barnstable, MA
- Baldpate Pond Essex, MA
- Beaver Lake Gunnison, CO
- Big Battlement Lake Delta, CO
- Big Elk Lake Summit, UT
- Big Meadows Reservoir Mesa, CO
- Birch Creek Reservoirs Rich, UT
- Black Lake Stevens, WA
- Blue Lake Sanpete, UT
- Blue Lake Summit, UT
- Bonaparte Lake Okanogan, WA
- Bosler Reservoir Carbon, WY
- Bristlecone Pond Iron, UT
- Bull Gulch Pond Carbon, WY