NJ's oldest holdover Trout! Brookie? Tiger? 2/12/17

[Finprof]

My guess is that it is a cross between a brookie and some other type of trout. The kype tells me that it is not a full blooded brookie. Also, there are no vermicular markings along its back.
I have seen lots of 16-17 inch brook trout while living in Northern Ontario and still have pictures of them. None have the kype. I even have a picture of one that was 7 lbs 6 oz.. but that one was caught by accident in Lake Superior while trolling for lake trout. It does not have a kype and that is an old fish.

[henro]

Beautiful fish!

[15FOOTER]

Were bigfishy and I in that area recently? If we were its a club fish from a guys that randomly stock fish with no type of permit or permission on a public stretch. Run by guess who..a bunch of police lol. We heard all about it from a local guy who had run ins with them. According to him they stock tigers and that looks like one of em. He said they were real douches. They would however let him join for 100$ lol.

[trout taco]

That brookie is the chuck Norris of trout. Nice catch man.
Are you fishing on river that has a club on it? Could be something a club stocked a while back. No doubt it's been in there a while.

[muskynut]

Male tiger.......tigers get that pumpkiny orange coloration and pitch black bellies or a dark chocolate color....... brook trout would be more red

[FASTEDDIE29]

I've seen a picture of a fish that could be the fish I caught today. Maybe it's a club fish! If it is, it looks like it went through battle to get to where it was caught. This fish had no white or pink left in it's mouth, fins were flared up, swollen looking, kype had super rub marks including rub marks on the upper jaw portion! People do strange things, transplanting fish is one of them!

I've convinced myself this is an old fish! It just has the tell tale signs! It was caught on the SB! Possibly downstream of a club! Who knows??? ME!!! Hahahahaha! Keep the input coming! I like it!!!

As for clubs, they're great for the anglers that join them. Not for me. I'm always waiting up or down for a fish to swim out of bounds....... LOL!!!

[Delawareriver]

Definitely an older hold over, I would say brookie. Nice trout no matter what and definitely must have been through reward for fishing in this snot.

[15FOOTER]

No SB for us..Thats a cool fish. Cant remember seeing a tiger on the SB

[Detour66]

That fish is amazing and looks like it's been around for a long time. I guess ya gotta go out in the nasty weather to catch the grand daddy of NJ trout. Congrats!

[antgogz]

I would say an old brookie! Last spring i caught a ten inch trout with that same pattern in a contest at a pond by my house. I thought it was a tiger but there was no way the town stocked them. Your fish was a real trooper with how long he swam around in that section of the river. I feel bad for him! If you dont mind me asking did you keep that old fella????? You should have put him in a trout nursing home!