DSC_2930 Hybrid tiger trout ((Salmo trutta X Salvelinus fontinalis) detail of the pattern on a young hatchery bred fish. Tigers are an infertile cross between a male brown trout and a female brook char. They are bred at the Ngongotaha hatchery, Rotorua, and released into Lake Rotoma. They are produced purely for sports fishing as they grow quickly and fight aggressively when caught *
DSC_3205 Hybrid tiger trout ((Salmo trutta X Salvelinus fontinalis) this young hatchery bred fish is an infertile cross between a male brown trout and a female brook char. They are bred at the Ngongotaha hatchery, Rotorua, and released into Lake Rotoma. They are produced purely for sports fishing as they grow quickly and fight aggressively when caught *
DSC_2245 Brook char (Salvelinus fontinalis) a very colourful fish, brook char were introduced to NZ in the 1970s. As they are easily out-competed by trout, they are now mainly confined to very small tributaries that are marginal for trout, and most populations comprise only small stunted fish *
