Caught Tigers from Sturbridge, MA to the Chicopee River in Ludlow. Pick your stream! Right now to early March you can come across some monster holdovers. They fight like demons! Compared to rainbows. I've also run into 2 (separate years) landlocked salmon washed out of Quabbin Res. Pointy tail and all, thought it was a Rainbow at first, long and skinny. Knew right away with the second one. It's amazing they get out then over at least 3 dams, the last having at least a 40' spillway drop. Nice stream, nice fish!
Miss your videos, man. I don’t live in CT anymore, but sure love to see you fish my home state. Ever fish the Farm River? It runs from Northford to East Haven or Branford and finally to the Sound. Supposed to be some steelhead, but I’ve never caught any.
I don’t fish long leaders unless it’s truly necessary, like throwing #24 dries on the Farmington in July. In this vid, my entire leader+dry-dropper is probably all of 9 feet tops. Maybe 8.
I actually cut out a lot of distance from the first pass because it just didn’t produce at the time. And on the second pass, I went further too. But just happened to lose two during the fight up there and accidentally neglected to be filming for the one I netted. So ended up cutting out the upper section for the second pass, as well. Just how it worked out during the editing process.
Are you willing to share any spots that could have wild tigers? It’s the one wild species I’ve never caught in ct. I respect my environment and would leave no trace. I also understand why you wouldn’t want to share it, but I’m hopeful. Thanks,
There’s really no formula for catching a wild tiger; no stream where they can reliably be found on a routine basis year after year. Just have to fish streams with browns and brookies and cross your fingers. A given stream may have tigers for a couple years and then not have any tigers again for a decade, owing to it being rare that a cross-fertilized redd actually produces viable hybrid young that survive to maturity. You’ll basically get fluke generations of tigers on rare occasions, and then that’s that for a long time. As for streams with both browns and brookies, where tigers are at least a slim possibility, there’s lots of them. Find any stream that has one species running wild and there’s roughly a 50/50 chance the other species is there, too. Confirmation comes simply by catching both species. The exact ratio may vary from stream to stream, but oftentimes, where there’s one species, there’s the other. At the end of the day, catching a wild tiger is about putting in incredible amounts of time on the water. It’s a game of luck, not skill. So the more you’re out there catching wild browns and wild brookies, the better your odds of eventually bringing a wild tiger to the net.
I’d say that, for me, there’s three reasons I can think of. One is that they’re just a neat, novelty hybrid. Another is that they comprise extra diversity among the salmonids we have the opportunity to catch here in CT (hell, they make a salmonid quadfecta in CT reasonably attainable). And finally, tigers really do legitimately have more explosive strength than a brown or brookie of equal size, so they bring unique qualities to the fight.
Great trout here in Fairfield county!
just found the channel today. love the videos man.
Great outing.
And you're too polite. You know what I mean.
Gorgeous day and location!
Only ever caught one tiger in all my years of fishing. At the housatonic this past fall. Beautiful fish.
Caught Tigers from Sturbridge, MA to the Chicopee River in Ludlow. Pick your stream! Right now to early March you can come across some monster holdovers. They fight like demons! Compared to rainbows. I've also run into 2 (separate years) landlocked salmon washed out of Quabbin Res. Pointy tail and all, thought it was a Rainbow at first, long and skinny. Knew right away with the second one. It's amazing they get out then over at least 3 dams, the last having at least a 40' spillway drop. Nice stream, nice fish!
First time seeing your channel. You ever fish paradise lake in Brooklyn ct?
Miss your videos, man. I don’t live in CT anymore, but sure love to see you fish my home state. Ever fish the Farm River? It runs from Northford to East Haven or Branford and finally to the Sound. Supposed to be some steelhead, but I’ve never caught any.
Doesn't that guy w/ the dog know who you are?! 🤣
Hahaha for my channel still being relatively small, I’m actually amazed sometimes at how often I’m recognized on the water.
Awesome video as always 😎
I recognize this spot and am there all of the time. Hope to see you there this season. How long of a leader are you throwing?
I don’t fish long leaders unless it’s truly necessary, like throwing #24 dries on the Farmington in July. In this vid, my entire leader+dry-dropper is probably all of 9 feet tops. Maybe 8.
I fish there all the time I’m a grad student at Fairfield University it’s an awesome little spot and you never not catch something
You gotta fish the falls a little higher up you almost made it so much fun
I actually cut out a lot of distance from the first pass because it just didn’t produce at the time. And on the second pass, I went further too. But just happened to lose two during the fight up there and accidentally neglected to be filming for the one I netted. So ended up cutting out the upper section for the second pass, as well. Just how it worked out during the editing process.
Are you willing to share any spots that could have wild tigers? It’s the one wild species I’ve never caught in ct. I respect my environment and would leave no trace. I also understand why you wouldn’t want to share it, but I’m hopeful.
Thanks,
There’s really no formula for catching a wild tiger; no stream where they can reliably be found on a routine basis year after year. Just have to fish streams with browns and brookies and cross your fingers. A given stream may have tigers for a couple years and then not have any tigers again for a decade, owing to it being rare that a cross-fertilized redd actually produces viable hybrid young that survive to maturity. You’ll basically get fluke generations of tigers on rare occasions, and then that’s that for a long time.
As for streams with both browns and brookies, where tigers are at least a slim possibility, there’s lots of them. Find any stream that has one species running wild and there’s roughly a 50/50 chance the other species is there, too. Confirmation comes simply by catching both species. The exact ratio may vary from stream to stream, but oftentimes, where there’s one species, there’s the other.
At the end of the day, catching a wild tiger is about putting in incredible amounts of time on the water. It’s a game of luck, not skill. So the more you’re out there catching wild browns and wild brookies, the better your odds of eventually bringing a wild tiger to the net.
I want you to go to larger rivers and try to catch trophies
Why do folk love tigers
I’d say that, for me, there’s three reasons I can think of. One is that they’re just a neat, novelty hybrid. Another is that they comprise extra diversity among the salmonids we have the opportunity to catch here in CT (hell, they make a salmonid quadfecta in CT reasonably attainable). And finally, tigers really do legitimately have more explosive strength than a brown or brookie of equal size, so they bring unique qualities to the fight.
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