Last Monday I caught a fish on the Weber River that was even more rare on the Weber than the last cutthroat I caught, a Tiger Trout. This is the first Tiger Trout I have caught on the Weber. It must have come up from Echo Reservoir. As high as the river was this past month, it would have been easy for a fish to swim from the reservoir up into the river. Hopefully there will also be some other large trout that have swum up from the reservoir.
In the last 20 months, I have made approximately 45 trips to the Weber River. On average I catch about 7 fish per trip. That works out to be about 315 fish caught. I would estimate that half of these were white fish, 158. About 117 were brown trout, 19 were rainbow, 20 were cutthroat and 1 was a tiger trout. I ended up getting skunked twice.
What is peculiar to a Tiger Trout are the vermicular markings located on the top like a brook trout and also on the side. A Tiger Trout is actually a sterile hybrid of a female brown trout and a male brook trout. They grow fast and are known for eating small fish making them good for keeping down the population of trash fish.
Awesome fish! Glad to see your back on the river again too. Have you aver caught any brook trout on the Weber?
ReplyDeletehey that fish pic looks cool when its wiggling :) that's cool you keep track of numbers like that!
ReplyDeleteOf course he keeps track of numbers, he's a personality type 2. (The detail dude). Anyway I appreciate the patience of a true fly fisherman--especially when he has to come home early and take his wife to get mouth surgery. Thanks Honey.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I love the pics of the tiger trout. If you are reading this blog, be sure to click on the pics to see them enlarged.