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

[Skunk City]

Definitely a White Perch buddy! Beautiful fish!

[acabtp]

If it's not a tiger... it could be a banded rudderfish

[thmyorke1]

It's obviously a snakehead, you should have killed it on site, those things will kill kids swimming



Nice fish dude, definitely looks old with those shoulders and that hooked jaw. And beautiful colors as well.

[Dave B.]

Definitely a male tiger. There are several private stockings that take place on the upper/middle SBR that often include tigers. That one looks like a 'Frankenfish' for sure with his rubbery looking healed up pectoral and ventral fins and overall darker coloration but still a nice catch none the less!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Originally Posted by 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!

The old goat of a Tiger, Brookie Hybrid Trouser Trout was kindly released. LOL! Nursing home Trouts.......

[AndyS]

It's a Tiger Trout stocked by Shannons raised at Musky fish hatchery.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Originally Posted by AndyS

It's a Tiger Trout stocked by Shannons raised at Musky fish hatchery.

Maybe, just maybe!!! Lol!!!

[bunker dunker]

how did it taste????? just kidding Eddie,great fish!!!!!!

[briansnat]

Looks like a brook trout to me. I've caught a bunch of stocked tigers and they look very different. The wear on the fins would make me say that it is a recent stockie, but I know the state hasn't stocked brookies in a few years.

Does the state allow private stocking of anything other than Rainbows? I know their hatchery had disease issues and stopped with browns and brookies. Do they extend that ban to privately stocked fish? If not I might go with a privately stocked brook trout.

[shucker]

Originally Posted by AndyS

It's a Tiger Trout stocked by Shannons raised at Musky fish hatchery.

...BINGO!!!!!! Not old or odd ...Shannons always dumps a few of these each year