Goulburn River Tiger Trout!?

[@matts_bassfishingreynolds3720]

Wow mate didn’t know we got them over here , truly a beautiful and amazing subspecies great stuff 🎣👊🏽

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thankis mate, fisheries here have been stocking them over in western vic for a bit now but not sure how this one got here.

[@brianandrea3249]

@@HawkesyFishing Very cool fish!! They can occur naturally although it is rare. Most probably a stocked fish but in waters were both Rainbows and Browns are common and spawn, I suppose interbreeding is not out of the question. Could you tell if any of its fins were clipped?

[@brianandrea3249]

Ha got it wrong...tigers are cross between Brookies and Browns (not Rainbows)!!

[@HawkesyFishing]

@@brianandrea3249 No fin clippings on this one. My best guess is it came from a hatchery in the same catchment that does tiger trout and travelled its way to where I caught it

[@TobysfishingNoutdoors]

Yoo man, I’ve never heard of a tiger trout! Thats sick as! Are they just like browns and rainbows? I just subbed! Can’t wait to watch more!

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks Mate, Tigers are a hybrid between a brown trout and a brook trout. They seem to be more aggresive than the other species of trout I've caught

[@matts_bassfishingreynolds3720]

@@HawkesyFishing that would be due to that the tigers are a hybrid that cannot breed, they will grow faster and quicker than other species due to this fact and could also be why you find them more aggressive 🎣👊🏽

[@jezzewolder6566]

wow nice fish. Didn't know you could get them anywhere else other than tasmania!

[@frankbotic9953]

Lithgow nsw has them as well.

[@HawkesyFishing]

There's a few getting around vic now, there has been a lot of stocking in two lakes in the west of the state and a few rogue ones popping up after the big floods we had a couple years ago

[@aaronheaney2694]

When did the closed season finish?

[@HawkesyFishing]

Today was first day of the season, this was filmed back in April

[@user-tx9zg5mz5p]

Nice Tiger! Are those planted?

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thanks mate, tigers aren't stocked there my best guess is this one escaped from a farm or someone's stocked dam into the river

[@user-tx9zg5mz5p]

@@HawkesyFishing If there's brookies and Browns in there, then it could be wild 1😁

[@FlyFishingwithKraza.-to4lf]

Nice Footage. I caught my first Tiger trout in that exact same spot on the Goulburn river in May this year. It could even be the same fish🙂. You can check it out on my video posted on KZbin on the 29th of May. It was on the fly though. Well done. Cheers Kraza.

[@HawkesyFishing]

Thats pretty cool, this was filmed in April this year so I'd say there's a good chance it was the same fish. Don't think there is many tiger trout in the river there

[@rodgeorge7244]

The old Goulburn great river to fish I first fished it about 60 years ago and I have lost count of the amount of fish I have caught over the years.I have fished it from Woods Point to Seymour and it never disappoints .

[@HawkesyFishing]

It's one of my favourite rivers, heading there tomorrow for the season opening

[@art-is-lazy4509]

God dam, what the heck is a tiger trout y'all. I've seen those toothy tiger fish from Africa but tiger trout, is that some type of hybrid?

[@frankbotic9953]

Brook and Brown trout cross breed.

[@HawkesyFishing]

As above they are a cross between brooks and browns, can occur in the wild but the vast majority are from hatcheries and the likes. I believe this one escaped from a trout farm or a stocked private lake

[@frankbotic9953]

@HawkesyFishing the fisheries have stock them in nsw lithgow area ive caught a fair few in the past couple of years they are a beautiful fish.