Ottawa Sun Article

Post by **pappy** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:33 pm

http://www.ottawasun.com/SpecialSections/FishTales/2009/03/20/8822926.html

Post by **Big Jim** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:01 pm

Great catch buddy...check out the cover of the new Just Fishing...me and another tiger...really cool fish. I have had four in my life...more than a fair share.

Nice catch again

BIG JIM

Post by **Badger Shark** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:27 pm

Now that is a really cool looking fish.

Post by **HogHunter** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:28 pm

I am wondering if this is a tiger musky? At the end of the article it says when the sample was tested it was found to be a natural cross of a Pike and TIGER musky...and the markings are a little different from the tiger I caught two years ago in the Rideau. So what the hell does that make this fish?

Post by **bigpikemike** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:11 am

i sure hope that is a plastic mount cuz if you want to catch more fish in that lake like that u should put it back

Post by **Lunker Larry** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:30 am

Bigpike. Just so you know, Tiger muskie are sterile.

Post by **troutnmuskiehunter** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:36 am

Can someone post the picture???....i can't see it in the article

Post by **Tip-up** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:46 am

By Bob Belding

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In the middle of July 2007 my wife and I were fishing on Big Gull Lake. We have been going to this lake for almost twenty years. We still camp on the lake with our kids and we also rent a cottage for a week in July.

On the Wednesday of our cottage week we were fishing a section we hadn't tried before. The area looked like there might be some big pike or even a muskie. As luck would have it we caught a monster muskie for that lake. My wife helped me get it in the boat and she had never been with me ever when catching a muskie and she was thrilled. When we headed back to the cottage with our catch the kids were amazed and pleaded to have the fish mounted.

After checking the required size limits for keeping and mounting the fish we found our muskie was o.k. I brought the fish to a place called Andy's General Store and he mounted our fish. One year later on our Vacation at the same lake our fish was finally ready for pick up.

The fella that had mounted our fish had a sample of the meat from the fish tested at MNR. and it turned out our catch was very rare, we had caught a cross between a tiger muskie and a pike. The cross was a all natural cross on top of that! We had realized that our catch was probably a once in a liftime catch.

Post by **almontefisher** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:02 am

Lunker Larry wrote:Bigpike. Just so you know, Tiger muskie are sterile.

So are these species bred and released for anglers to catch then...Kinda like splake???

Post by **HereMyGo** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:19 am

almontefisher wrote:
Lunker Larry wrote:Bigpike. Just so you know, Tiger muskie are sterile.
So are these species bred and released for anglers to catch then...Kinda like splake???

Sure, but if it was indeed a tiger musky crossed with a pike, then what does that say about the sterility (word?) of the tiger musky?

What I mean is, how then could a tiger musky reproduce with another pike if the tiger musky is sterile in the first place...

Post by **bigpikemike** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:58 pm

HereMyGo wrote:
almontefisher wrote:
Lunker Larry wrote:Bigpike. Just so you know, Tiger muskie are sterile.
So are these species bred and released for anglers to catch then...Kinda like splake???
Sure, but if it was indeed a tiger musky crossed with a pike, then what does that say about the sterility (word?) of the tiger musky?

What I mean is, how then could a tiger musky reproduce with another pike if the tiger musky is sterile in the first place...

exactly.....catch an release people....

Post by **BassBassBass** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:20 pm

Tiger musky are sterile. This fish cannot be a cross between a tiger musky and pike. Must be a typo. Tigers are a cross between a musky and a pike, and that is where it ends, because they can reproduce no further.

Would love to catch one.

Post by **bigpikemike** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:25 pm

well u wont catch one if ppl keep mounting them on walls...lol....meaning not a synthetic mount.....catch and release ppl....hey if u like to eat fish then eat untill ur belly is full but put the big ones back

Post by **Jimmy_1** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:31 pm

Not entirely true....a small % of tigers can reproduce....but very rare.

I agree with BMP...let em go, let em grow!

Post by **Fishing 24/7** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:35 pm

i agree with mind your own buisness....

if the guy wanted a mount and it was legal size thats his buisness.

if he want to eat the fish thats his buisness to.

thats that.

you cant order a guy to catch and release .

you have to suggest it.