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Beautiful Bastards: Check Out These Tiger Trout Photos
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photo: Bill Byrne/Masswildlife.com
By Len "Spinner" Harris
The tiger trout is a sterile hybrid cross between a female brown trout and a male brook trout. The fish exhibits unusual markings found in neither parent. Tiger trout are rare in the wild, appearing only in areas where brook and brown trout share spawning grounds.
The tiger trout is a sterile hybrid cross between a female brown trout and a male brook trout. The fish exhibits unusual markings found in neither parent. Tiger trout are rare in the wild, appearing only in areas where brook and brown trout share spawning grounds.
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Tiger trout are infertile. This is caused by the dissimilarity between the chromosome numbers of the two parent species. Brook trout have 84 chromosomes, browns have just 80. This does not mean that the fish taste bad or are unhealthy. Quite the opposite, in fact. Try eating yours stuffed with fiddleheads this spring. Click here for the recipe. If you're interested in fishing for native tigers (or monster Wisconsin browns and brookies), contact Len Harris at Driftless Area Trout Adventures, 608-647-5356, a_trout_angler@yahoo.com. |
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