Northwest Fishing Reports

The reason the fins on the tiger muskies gets split and deformed is due to overcrowding in the rearing vessels. Very important to keep the densities down or it happens, and rather quickly. Probably a week of overcrowding will cause it and unfortunately, the fish don't ever recover from the damage. E...

YellowBear: Tigers in the hatchery are raised on pellets except for just prior to release when excess hatchery rainbow trout fry are introduced. Research has shown tigers fed live prey have much greater survival than fish only fed pellets. Tigers could be final reared on rough fish but there is a ma...

I'm not sure who the district biologist is now, so many musical chairs, you'll have to call Olympia or Mill Creek office to find out.

Hi Dr. Hook: Here is some math on Lake Tapps tiger muskie costs. A total of 4,673 tigers have been planted since 2000, an average of 584 fish per year. At 3 fish per pound, that makes 194 lbs of fish planted per year. At $10 per pound rearing costs, that makes $1,947 per year. There is no mandate of...

Hi Don: Not sure if anyone knows standing stock and survivals of tiger muskies but your estimate is probably in the ball park. The assumption of tiger muskie standing stock in Washington is based on true muskellunge standing stocks in the midwest, but don't think they have been verified here. Determ...