Ok so what is a TIGER BASS>

[airborne_angler]

Anyone ever heard of them,or caught one? Whats so different about this strain of LMB?

[HuntFishAK]

From what I just read online, they are an aggressive, fast growing hybrid of Florida and Northern strain LMB.

http://www.americansportfish.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=34&Itemid=60

[Raul]

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Anyone ever heard of them,or caught one? Whats so different about this strain of LMB?

All the time, being a hybrid of northern & Florida strain it 's one of the most common bass you 'll catch around my neck of the woods. What 's different ? they grow faster than pure Florida or pure northerns, they grow bigger than pure strain northerns. And no, they won 't jump on your bait, they can be as hard to catch as Floridans or northerns.

[farmpond1]

I believe they are related to heffalump and woozil bass.

[Elite Image Fishing]

Supposedly they are very aggressive. A fish hatchery here in Alabama has them. It is rumored that you can catch one, release it and catch that same fish again, due to their aggressiveness. Never caught/seen one, only heard these stories. But they are real, and cost about 10 cents a fingerling... well the last time I checked they did. 

[Raul]

Supposedly they are very aggressive. A fish hatchery here in Alabama has them. It is rumored that you can catch one, release it and catch that same fish again, due to their aggressiveness. Never caught/seen one, only heard these stories. But they are real, and cost about 10 cents a fingerling... well the last time I checked they did.

I 'm skeptical about such claims about their supposedly "extreme" agresiveness, throughout my years as bass fisherman I 've caught the same fish twice in a matter of minutes many times, you might ask, how he knows it 's the same fish ? many times the fish has a peculiarity you can identify, for example, a couple of years ago I went to fish to Zimapan, I caught a healthy, very nice, hard fighting two pounder with a Grass Minnow, what caught my attention was the mouth of the fish, it was deformed to the point where the fish could not open it wide open, that fish had been caught previously by someone who tore the mouth while unhooking the fish, released it and the mouth healed the best it could, so it was a LMB with a sucker mouth. So I unhooked it and released, two casts later I caught it again with the same bait 30 ft away from the spot I caught it the first time, 30 ft ain 't that much. I can tell many of such events.

On the other hand, if you fish a place where the fish seldomly see a lure ( newbie fish ) it 's not uncommon for you to release a fish and the same fish being caught again by your partner or even by yourself again in a short period of time, that doesn 't mean the fish are super agressive, that means the fish are really dumb, naive and inexperienced.

[christopherjake]

This reminds me of the sea bear episode.

[Nitrofreak]

Is'nt that what roadwarrior is holding in his photo at least I thought they were.

[Coonedawg]

Tiger bass are a hybrid species of bass, with part being black bass and the other being asain bass, the species is rumored to excel in golf and can often be found cheating on its spouse. Best method of catching them is 9 iron golf club rigged with a white adult film star on the other end.  :D : :

Sorry guys, I just had to put a reference to Tiger Woods somewhere in this topic since after all it does say "Tiger" bass.  ;D

[FishinTN]

There's a article about them in outdoor life may issue. Claims a hatchery in AL goes through a lot of trouble picking out aggressive fish and using them to spawn more. They are crossed with northern bass and florida bass. Florida strain grows fast, northern strain are aggressive and eats a lot. Also they say this cross breed eat fish pellets much better than say a regular fl strain which is helping with their grow rate at the hatchery. It also claims some of the tiger bass grow as much as 7lbs. in 27 months.  8-)

[MattinOK]

     I still say it's a bass that was caught on a Firetiger plug to often.  ;D

[George Welcome]

Tiger bass _ BS sales pitch: read the fine print - nothing more than a F-1.

[Randall]

Tiger bass _ BS sales pitch: read the fine print - nothing more than a F-1.

Exactly BS. They aren't the aggressive eating machine they are advertised to be either. Meanmouth bass, Tiger Bass, Gorilla Bass, etc. all just terms designed by hatcheries and others in the fishing world with the intention of getting your money.

[Nitrofreak]

Cooniedawg,

:-X

[Nitrofreak]

Sorry nope those are smallies in his pic.