Is this a tiger trout?

Looks like a Brookie to me.

Now I know you won't reveal Bryan, but it might help. A certain stream/river is known to have produced the odd tiger

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Originally Posted by BryanG

The pectoral fins are orange tho like a brown no red and white flanked like the back ones. Its defineatly not a stocker and its a juvinile. I know my trout or "char" in a brookies case just never seen one like this i have caught zillions of specks

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The #1 rule of fish ID is NEVER use colour as an ID point.

It looks like a brookie to me as well.

It's 100% a brook trout (speckle). Tigers have more of the brown trout hue (golden brown) to them and the vermiculations (worm like squiggles) that pattern the back of brookies carries all the way down the sides which gives the appearances of stripes, hence tiger.
Cool looking hybrid, extremely aggressive. It would be extremely rare to catch one in Ontario, because of their aggressive nature they have never been stocked here, so it would have to happen naturally. There are a few places in the states where they stock them, I think Utah has the best Tiger opportunities.

Okay it seems its a speckie just wierd looking

I believe the reason it doesn't happen that much is most fish don't fertilize other speacies nests, they eat their eggs... Lol

Both browns and specs do spawn in fall. It would be neat if they made them in a lab like splake and stocked them on a few lakes.

They do, just not in Ontario.

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Originally Posted by intothedeep

I believe the reason it doesn't happen that much is most fish don't fertilize other speacies nests, they eat their eggs... Lol

Both browns and specs do spawn in fall. It would be neat if they made them in a lab like splake and stocked them on a few lakes.

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Originally Posted by intothedeep

I believe the reason it doesn't happen that much is most fish don't fertilize other speacies nests, they eat their eggs...

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Also they may not use exactly the same spawning areas, unless spawning habitat is limited.

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Originally Posted by intothedeep

I believe the reason it doesn't happen that much is most fish don't fertilize other speacies nests, they eat their eggs... Lol

Both browns and specs do spawn in fall. It would be neat if they made them in a lab like splake and stocked them on a few lakes.

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Cross breeding is exceptionally rare because its two different species. They're freaks of nature. Brown trout and brook trout arent really similar at all. Brook and lakers are much closer related and thus easier to cross.

Looks like a speckle to me . I don't see anything unusual about it either . Fatty and congrats .

TD

Id bet a little money Mr Baraz could name a babbling brook or two, where a Tiger has been brought to hand
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