Tiger trout are VERY cool... Only about 5% of the eggs hatch in the wild because a fungus attacks them, so they are VERY rare in the wild. I've only caught two wild ones both from the same tiny stream in PA. Some state fish agencies are stocking them now as well.
Cecil, please posts pics when you get your tiger trout... I'd love to see them. I am curious as to how large you can grow them!
One of the fish and game state agencies has upped hatch rate and survival higher than other domestic producers but I can't recall which one or high.
If I get them it won't be for 1 or 2 years depending on how my present brookies do. I usually alternate between brooks and browns and may do a cycle of tigers.
I've caught them in Massachusetts on vacation a few years ago. I was told by a local they are produced in New Hampshire. However these fish were not that great looking as they had frayed fins especially the caudal fin. Could just be lake conditions but the brooks, browns, and bows in the same lake were in much better condition.
