Tigers vs. regular muskies??

[gunner1]

Do you fish them the same or are there specific techniques? I had one (the first one ever in my life) bite off a spinnerbait at the boat last week and now I'm obsessed with catching the S.O.B!

[NormS]

Tigers are generally fished the same way you would target full strain Muskies with 2 exception's. Unlike full strain fish Tigers never feed after dark. Larger Tigers like Pike prefer cooler water therefore in the Summer Tigers will generally hold deeper than full strain fish.
Good Luck and Good Fishing.
Norm

[Hood]

Tigers are generally fished the same way you would target full strain Muskies with 2 exception's. Unlike full strain fish Tigers never feed after dark. Larger Tigers like Pike prefer cooler water therefore in the Summer Tigers will generally hold deeper than full strain fish.
Good Luck and Good Fishing.
Norm

Have caught 2 Tigers in my life and the largest was caught in the pitch black. It took a zara spook fished off a rocky point that extended underwater with weeds on it as well, fish has a good story too.... Right before dark my buddy and I loaded a cooler with beers and tossed it into my canoe, a couple rods too so my grandma thought we were goin fishin, HA!! Around the point we went and proceeded to slug beers for the next 3-4 hours. Some time around 1am and many near dumpings as we stood in the canoe for relief, I had the great idea to actually fish. In a very drunken way I told my friend I saw a fish rise near a point the year before so we should go fish there. Paddled about a half mile to the point and I began to cast my spook, out of nowhere i hear a splash and my line comes tight, give and take a for a few mins and baotside came the Tiger, netted unhooked and released, estimated 35" 8-9 lbs?  Nearly dumped in the canoe with my buddy ( who had never fished much less been in a canoe before) as he held the flashlight and netted it. Not to put down what Norm said but from what I can remember they bite at night

[NormS]

That's the first one I ever heard of being taken after dark. Tigers eyes are more like Pikes than Muskie's so they dont see well in the dark and all esox are generally sight feeders. The noise and vibration from the surface plug definately got that fishes attention must have been a thrill!
Norm

[Hood]

Yup, I thought about it after the post considering a tiger is half and half pike/musky and how pike are tough to get at night.  The spook surely was the ticket to nabbing that fish 

[Deposit]

A buddy of mine took a nice tiger at night with a simple popper

[gunner1]

Tigers are generally fished the same way you would target full strain Muskies with 2 exception's. Unlike full strain fish Tigers never feed after dark. Larger Tigers like Pike prefer cooler water therefore in the Summer Tigers will generally hold deeper than full strain fish.
Good Luck and Good Fishing.
Norm

 What's the deepest you'd find them?

[bigredfishing]

the tigers that I have seen caught all came on shallow sparsely weeded flats (3-5 FOW) during windy fall evenings.

[NormS]

Ive gotten them on the lower edge of the thermocline 25- 30 ft in summer while at the same time the true strains I took were at 12 to 18 ft. In the fall Ive gotten them from surface to 44 ft deep. Spring they can be caught easily on the shallow flats and emerging beds in 3 to 8 ft. Okay let me rephrase my original statement "Tigers rarely feed actively at night" ...never say never!
Norm