Length (in.) So should large tigers. Congratulations Richard! Since they are new to the region, Garren said anglers will have a learning curve for catching them. Subscribe for unlimited digital access to the news that matters to your community. The state record for Tiger Trout stood at 17.5 inches before Free Fishing Day on June 10. The state accepted the gift and Joe DuPont, regional fisheries manager for … Weight Record - Game Fish Most recent entry is highlighted in this color. Use bobbers with live bait or jigs or for some additional distance.
Location Angler Date Atlantic Salmon 13.25 29.75 17.75 Deadwood Reservoir Garrett Buffington 10/15/1995 Black Crappie 3.56 17.5 15 Brownlee Reservoir Jason Monson 06/08/2003 Bluegill 3.5 - - C.J. Wyoming had a surplus of tiger trout eggs a few years back and offered them to Idaho. That's a new catch-and-release record. He recommends using spinners and spoons or flies with streamers, using gold or silver colors to imitate the shiners that tiger trout …
To start off, a 17.6-inch fish was caught, just barely breaking the record. It was 27 inches long. Angler Greg Daley caught the Utah state record tiger from Boulder Mountain Reservoir. Tiger trout are new to Idaho. By the end of the day, it had been broken not once, not twice, but three times at Deer Creek Reservoir during the fishing events sponsored by IDFG and the Pierce/Weippe Chamber of Commerce.To start off, a 17.6-inch fish was caught, just barely breaking the record. The state record for tiger trout came from Deer Creek Reservoir, with a nice 22-incher. It weighed seven pounds and nine ounces. He suggests flashy lures and gawdy streamers. ROB THORNBERRY - Idaho Falls Post Register “They are reputed to be more aggressive than other trout species and they eat a lot of fish,” Garren said. In April, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game stocked 3,600 catchable-sized tiger trout in the tiny impoundment south of Roberts. Mark Randolph was fishing in the Deer Creek Reservoir when he caught this monster, easily passing the previous 17 inch record set in 2017. The old record … They weigh roughly a half pound, but they are expected to grow quickly - and grow quite large.
Randolph, who is from Ahsahka, Idaho, landed a 21-inch tiger trout while fishing at Deer Creek Reservoir on May 9.
There is a state record fish swimming in Jim Moore Pond near Roberts. “That means we are going to have new state records,” he said. “But there are plenty of 16- to 17-inch fish for anglers to land,” added Hand. This new record quickly fell, as an 18-inch fish and a 19.5-inch fish were caught The new record was landed by Richard Miller, and weighed 2.65 lbs. “We are hoping to use them to control perch at Jim Moore.”Garren hopes the tigers will feast on the pond’s stunted perch population, thinning it enough to allow the remaining perch to grow larger. Fishing with a bobber can add a new twist for Idaho anglers. The Deer Creek Reservoir specimen measured 21-inches in length. By the end of the day, it had been broken not once, not twice, but three times at Deer Creek Reservoir during the fishing events sponsored by IDFG and the Pierce/Weippe Chamber of Commerce. Species Weight (lbs.) In the Salmon Region, fisheries manager Greg Schoby said 1,500 tigers will be stocked in Wallace Lake as early as mid May.