Tiger Muskie Information

GENERAL INFORMATION

Common Name:

Tiger Muskie

Scientific Name:

Esox lucius X Esox masquinongy

Diet:

Perch and Sunfish

Habitat:

Lakes and reservoirs with good cover where they lie and wait for prey

Spawn:

Do not spawn

Distribution:

Pineview Reservoir, Newton Reservoir, and Johnson Reservoir

Origin:

Hatchery produced hybrid

Characteristics:

A Muskellunge and Northern Pike hybrid. The elongated torpedo body and gray-green vertical bars along its sides are the most distinguishing features.

UTAH RECORD CATCH & RELEASE

Date:

November 28, 1998

Length:

53 1/4 Inches

Fisherman:

Ray Johnson

Location:

Pineview Reservoir

UTAH RECORD CATCH

Year:

2001

Weight:

31 pounds 4 ounces

Length:

48 3/8 Inches

Girth:

24 3/4 Inches

Fisherman:

Roger S. Klug

Location:

Pineview Reservoir

Arctic Grayling

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Bluegill

Brook Trout

Brown Trout

Carp

Cutthroat Trout

Golden Trout

Kokanee Salmon

Lake Trout

Largemouth Bass

Mountain Whitefish

Rainbow Trout

Smallmouth Bass

Splake

Striped Bass

Tiger Muskie

Tiger Trout

Utah Sucker

Walleye

White Bass

White Crappie

Wiper

Yellow Perch