Surprise catch: Tiger

[TylerS]

Neat story from the Duluth News Tribune about a 45-inch tiger caught on the St. Louis river by a couple guys fishing for walleyes. Also a mean case of musky rash. Gotta check out the pics.

Tiger Musky Story

[smeese]

Thanks for sharing!

[Jarrid Houston]

wonder how many gators that thing has eaten. Had a fair amount of them little ones tug on the end of my line this year. Poor little gus with the white tipped tail dont stand a chance!

[fishuhalik]

thats one nice thing about ice fishing. usually your hands are so cold from being in the water that you dont feel the pain for a while. nice fish!

[smeese]

Yeah.....I doubt that. Typical attitude of any person that can't find the walleye bite though....

wonder how many gators that thing has eaten. Had a fair amount of them little ones tug on the end of my line this year. Poor little gus with the white tipped tail dont stand a chance!

[DTro]

Muskie season on the St. Louis River remains open through March 1 with a 50-inch minimum size limit, but nearly all anglers who catch muskies release them regardless of regulations.

Is this correct?

I assumed a statewide Dec 1 closure?

[jwmiller33]

Muskie season on the St. Louis River remains open through March 1 with a 50-inch minimum size limit, but nearly all anglers who catch muskies release them regardless of regulations.

Is this correct?

I assumed a statewide Dec 1 closure?

Straight from the horses mouth:

[smeese]

I was gonna say border water, but someone beat me to it......looks like I found a loophole!

[Jmeyers]

Where on the St. Louis do you guys launch and target musky? I've never fished for them on the river before and think it'd be a fun gig to try. Plus it get's me on the water sooner!

[smeese]

It is a lot of water to search with some big boats to avoid, I would find structure along the main channel anywhere from the lift bridge back. Lots of bridge pillars and walls to fish along. A good start would be to find the baitfish probably and go from there. All tigers in these waters I believe are from natural reproduction, but someone correct me if I am wrong. I can imagine there are some enormous regular muskies in there if the Tigers come out looking like those.

[goblueM]

Smeese, did you see the giant tiger caught there this summer? http://www.gofishn.com/ned/reports/13035-was-this-a-record-minnesota-or-even-world-tiger-muskie

[Nick Kuhn]

It is a lot of water to search with some big boats to avoid, I would find structure along the main channel anywhere from the lift bridge back. Lots of bridge pillars and walls to fish along. A good start would be to find the baitfish probably and go from there. All tigers in these waters I believe are from natural reproduction, but someone correct me if I am wrong. I can imagine there are some enormous regular muskies in there if the Tigers come out looking like those.

Both Minnesota and Wisconsin stock that river. Because Wisconsin fish spawn in a similar area as pike, tigers are actually fairly common naturally in Wisconsin waters. More-so in the Wisconsin river area but occasionally elsewhere too.

[smeese]

Yes.....the tiger that ate a basketball! Knowing that fish is in there makes me want to give it a go. Quite a hike though from Mankato. Thanks for the info Nick. They certainly are one of the best looking fish a person could catch out of fresh water.

[fishuhalik]

Smeese, did you see the giant tiger caught there this summer? http://www.gofishn.com/ned/reports/13035-was-this-a-record-minnesota-or-even-world-tiger-muskie

My jaw hits the floor every time I see that fish. It never gets old!!!