musky66 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Picked up this nice Tiger today casting an Orange 10" Suick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 COOL ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky or Specks Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Nice fish. Sucks that it came from the Kawarthas though thats bad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Nice fish. Sucks that it came from the Kawarthas though thats bad news. That is a real nicely marked, healthy looking fish. Too bad it's being there is problematic. ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediangler Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Nice Tiger. Caught in Balsam lake, I assume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmastermike Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Nice looking Fish WTG on that. What would you do in this case throw him back or eat him??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 real pretty fish. Im thinking that its from Balsam too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Those tigers really are nice looking fish and congrats on getting her, their still quite a rarity in those waters, although as has already been said, their presence isn't a good sign. Thanks for posting the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatherof3 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 nice fish,love the markings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musky66 Posted November 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Yes, it is a Balsam fish. It is my fourth Tiger this year and my fifth in 2 years from there. A sign of the times I am afraid- lets hope they at least get large enough to be worthwhile. This one was the largest at 37" with a large head...so maybe in a few years..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Nice tiger for sure !!!!! great pic too,showing all them tiger stripes too. ..cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyb Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Beauty fish! I'm sure people are asking why they are a bad thing...here is why: Tiger Musky apparently have evolved to avoid head-on competition with northern pike. If northern pike find their way into muskie water, they seem to proliferate at the expense of muskies. Why does the northern pike compete better? The earlier-hatching northern pike prey on newly hatched muskie if the two species use the same spawning areas. Pike fry are present about 2 weeks earlier than Musky fry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigger Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Nice looking kitty, for sure! Love the markings. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 I'm sure people are asking why they are a bad thing...here is why: Tiger Musky apparently have evolved to avoid head-on competition with northern pike. actually, a tiger is what happens when a pike and a musky "get it on". It is a bad sign, because it means there are pike in the Kawartha lakes (at least some of them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 What a beauty!!!! Nice fish bud. Way to go. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepps Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 (edited) I dont see why any of these explantions make it a bad thing... maybe that cus I mostly fish muskie and pike. I'm certian I have read that the musky evolve and spawn in deeper water, thus avoiding having their babies eaten by the already hatched pike... ps. awesome fish! Edited November 15, 2007 by mepps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 I dont see why any of these explantions make it a bad thing... maybe that cus I mostly fish muskie and pike. I'm certian I have read that the musky evolve and spawn in deeper water, thus avoiding having their babies eaten by the already hatched pike... ps. awesome fish! Or, the muskies may just disappear altogether. That is why people consider the presence of pike in a musky lake to be a bad thing. The deep spawning muskies that co-exist are a different strain than the Kawartha muskies. It is possible that the muskie may adapt to pike by spawning in deeper water. However, many of the Kawartha lakes may not have suitable deep water spawning habitat for this to occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 bad thing or not it sure is one of the nicest looking fish i have ever seen in! Congrats of the catch! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 This also happend on Canal lake which use to have a musky fishery now there are hardly any muskies left in that lake. Balsam is a lot more deeper than Canal lake so maybe the musky might adapt. Things dont look good though for the muskies in Balsam with the pike moving in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt bruce Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Mepps the tigers are pretty fish , but the problem is The tiger muskie is a STERILE hybrid cross between the muskellunge and the northern pike. They cant reproduce, they grow faster than muskies so in places where its a put grow and take fishery they are stocked as you get big fish faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 wow, beautiful catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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