Lastly, with that forceful behavior, the tiger musky strikes tend to be much more violent when they hit.

With that attitude we also see far fewer follows from tigers than from muskies.

Tigers definitely brought part of that pike mentality with them and are far more likely than muskies to eat outside of windows or under less than ideal conditions than their pure breed cousins. Pike are well known for being very aggressive fish that are far easier to catch than muskies. Personalities and Quirks of Tiger MuskiesĪnother trait tigers have due to their pike DNA is their aggressive behavior. Of course, this is a trend, not a rule, and like a musky, they can be found in open water particularly in the late spring period when weed growth on St Clair is still limited and the open water baitfish population is tremendous. Tiger muskies carry half this DNA meaning that tiger muskies definitely tend to be even more likely to be found in and around weed beds. Remember pike carry the nickname “weed whackers” for a very good reason, they LOVE to relate to weeds. The first and foremost is tiger muskies' relation to weeds. Since a tiger musky is half pike and half musky their behavior is very similar to that of a musky, however, their pike half does give them a few behavioral traits different than a musky. Clair has officially become one of the best trophy tiger fisheries on the planet. With the explosion of tiger muskies taking place on the lake and nearly a decade of time for the beginning of this tiger wave to mature, St. Clair I personally have seen the number of tigers in my boat per year go from between 3-8 tigers per season in 2008-2012 to now more than over forty tiger muskies per year. Clair Tiger Muskies in Harrison Township MIĪ tiger musky is a sterile crossbreed between a musky and a pike. Read more about these unique fish in this article. One major effect of this high water in Harrison Township is a large increase in the overlapping spawning ground between pike and musky which has resulted in record numbers of tiger muskies. For almost the last decade we have seen the water levels around the Great Lakes rising to an all-time record high level in July of 2021.

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