High Savery is quickly becoming the go-to spot for trophy tiger trout. The reservoir in south-central Wyoming is the only public body of water that is stocked with tiger trout, which began in 2005, and since then, High Savery has been the site of multiple record catches. This spring is no different. In April, Tom [...]
Tiger Trout Fishing
Catch and Release Tiger Trout Recorded in Utah
On February 16, Trent Perry's 15-pound tiger trout made a lot of news when it broke the Utah record.Well, there was a trout just as noteworthy caught from the same body of water, Scofield Reservoir, and St. George Utah.com just clued us in. Zane Nielsen was ice fishing on Scofield when he landed a 27-inch [...]
Record Tiger Trout Landed while Ice Fishing in Utah
There haven't been a lot of great catches from the ice this winter, mainly because there hasn't been a lot of ice, but we may have the catch of the winter.While hitting the hardwater on Scofield Reservoir in Utah, Trent Perry of Santquin landed a tiger trout that weighed a little more than 15 pounds. [...]
Michael Holdridge Jr. Awarded for Biggest Male Youth Tiger Trout Catch with a Former State-Record Fish
Michael Holdridge Jr. landed a 7-pound, 2-ounce tiger trout, and it was the Connecticut state record for two whole weeks. Holdridge caught the fish from Paul's Pond in Colchester this past May, but his 25.5 inch trout record was bested just two weeks later with Gerald Barth bested him by 12 ounces. Even though it was only [...]
Tiger Trout Come to Western Oregon
Tiger trout have become a wildly successful fish for stocking programs throughout the country and for the first time, officials are jumping on the bandwagon in western Oregon. The Tiger trout that were dumped in Oregon's Fish Lake this month were the first of their species to be stocked in the region, according to Oregon's [...]
English Angler Hooks 80-Pound Catfish While Carp Fishing
We're guessing Ian Windsor wishes he brought a bigger scale on a recent carp-fishing adventure. He was fishing Park Farm 2 Lake in Newport Pagnell, England, when he hooked into this giant catfish. After a 45-minute battle, he landed the beast, according to England's Angling Times. He says he's caught a lot of big catfish, [...]
New Zealand Celebrates Anniversary by Stocking Huge Tiger Trout
There's only one lake in New Zealand where you'll have a shot at a tiger trout like this one. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of a society that was the predecessor of the current-day Fish and Game, officials stocked New Zealand's Lake Rotoma with 150 giant tiger trout like this one. The [...]
Record-Sized Tiger Trout Netted in Utah’s Scofield Reservoir
Scofield Reservoir is a fishery under threat of a chub invasion, but that doesn't mean that there aren't trophy trout in this once-great fishery.Salt Lake Tribune's Brett Prettyman is reporting that at a recent gill netting survey, Department of Wildlife Resources pulled up a tiger trout that would break the current state record by more [...]
If You’re Drunk, Don’t Tow Your Boat Flipped Over
We're all for kicking back with a few cold ones. What we're not for, is getting behind the wheel with a boat in tow afterwards. But, apparently one Pennsylvania man thought that was a good idea. Near Millville, Del., a man was speeding to elude police officers when his pontoon boat flipped over. Instead of slowing [...]
Little Angler, Monster Tiger Trout from Utah
Quinten Allen, 13, of Magna, Utah, sent this picture of him with a tiger trout into Utah's Salt Lake City Tribune. He was on a family fishing trip in the Uinta Mountains when he caught the 26-inch fish. Congratulations to the young Mr. Allen on his most impressive catch. – Rick Bach Love grilled gag [...]
