Reply by: panfishin      Posted: 4/4/2012 9:53:07 PM     Points: 1493    

nice work!!! weird looking jaw too

 Reply by: whiteboyrick      Posted: 4/4/2012 9:53:12 PM     Points: 162    

hell ya bud, congrats to your son!

 Reply by: Ajax5240      Posted: 4/4/2012 10:17:45 PM     Points: 154    

That's an accomplishment for any angler!!! Congrats on the tiger!!

 Reply by: JKaboom      Posted: 4/4/2012 10:22:41 PM     Points: 938    

Nice Fish!!! The Tiger Muskie is one of the coolest looking fish in my opinion a true master predator (next to man of course)!!!

 Reply by: CBrown      Posted: 4/4/2012 10:26:32 PM     Points: 490    

Awesome fish good job!!!

 Reply by: pikeNcolorado      Posted: 4/5/2012 8:13:50 AM     Points: 2552    

Well done. That's the second pic this year I've seen of a deformed Tiger. I think I'll email CPW the pics and see what they say. Here's the link to the 1st one...

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 Reply by: FishSeal      Posted: 4/5/2012 10:02:24 AM     Points: 4587    

I see it all the time... on the fish I raise.
The deformity is typically started in the hatchery. Not all of them will be that way, but a few will turn out with a "snub nose."
This type of deformity is typically caused by a vitamin or mineral deficiency.
What is interesting is that most of these fish will still survive just fine.

That is a great catch and on a homemade lure is even more rewarding!!
Great job!!

FS

 Reply by: stephenbuck      Posted: 4/5/2012 10:56:04 AM     Points: 0    

Any chance you can post a photo of the lure? Would be really interesting to see.

 Reply by: Snagaddict      Posted: 4/5/2012 11:32:40 AM     Points: 86    

Wow, nice catch! I'm still hoping to hook into one of those beasts up there at Gross! When was this one caught? I presume you were fishing from the side of the dam?

 Reply by: channelcat13      Posted: 4/5/2012 12:38:08 PM     Points: 1289    

Contrary to the title of your post,that's actually a PRETTY tiger musky, so I disagree. Ha, ha. Nice fish.

CC13

 Reply by: ForeverFishing      Posted: 4/5/2012 4:00:58 PM     Points: 84    

Stephen, here is a pick of the lure. Second pick is some UV that I have been playing with as well. The lure used was anodized gold.

 Reply by: Robby      Posted: 4/5/2012 4:44:40 PM     Points: 402    

Nice fish...and a very interesting lure as well.

 Reply by: JIMMYX2X2      Posted: 4/5/2012 6:34:52 PM     Points: 221    

Nice one for the boy. want to sell some custom lures?

 Reply by: pikeNcolorado      Posted: 4/5/2012 8:17:21 PM     Points: 2552    

Its awesome it came on your own lure.

Fishseal,, thanks for the info, I emailed Swigle but haven't heard back from him. Thats why I wanna fish with ya, to pick your brain a little more and talk about the Pikeminnow. It's a crazy strory but I don't wanna steal this guys glory or thread.

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 Reply by: Tbubb      Posted: 4/6/2012 9:54:22 AM     Points: 3567    

That lure kinda reminds me of a Taz...

 Reply by: pikeNcolorado      Posted: 4/6/2012 10:09:03 AM     Points: 2552    

Here's what the CPW said about these muskie. Keep in mind these are just his guesses without actually having the fish to check out details...

"""I cannot say for certain but I have 2 ideas.



1. Tiger muskies are an unnatural hybrid when your crossing these genetics the potential for a mutation increases.

2. Next, these fish are extremely territorial. The fish could have been attacked in the pond, hauling tank, or even in the lake when it was younger resulting in the deformity."""

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 Reply by: fishermandubbs      Posted: 4/9/2012 8:48:50 PM     Points: 0    

pikencolorado- are there still pike minnow around? if so where can they be found?

 Reply by: Opus      Posted: 4/10/2012 11:27:24 PM     Points: 174    

Awesome. GIves us all hope. Nice job, man.

 Reply by: Crewser      Posted: 6/20/2012 8:39:05 PM     Points: 160    

That a weird lookin' muskie, nice fish.

 Reply by: Lucius      Posted: 6/20/2012 10:00:20 PM     Points: 372    

Congrats on the Tiger!!! I am sure it was good shape and very active prior to hitting your lure. I caught a snub nose about 3 years ago now up in Washington State. Hammered a custom made jerk bait.

 Reply by: Native20559      Posted: 6/21/2012 12:41:38 AM     Points: 185    

Beautiful fish regardless of the deformity. Comforting to know that these fish aren't breeders, lol.

 Reply by: CACHEM ALL      Posted: 6/21/2012 7:50:10 AM     Points: 90    

RIGHT ON!!!

 Reply by: catchn      Posted: 6/21/2012 8:22:54 AM     Points: 215    

deformity huh? I would've guessed caught when younger and messed up his jaw and it healed like that. But what the hell do I know?

Nice catch

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-C