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Tiger Muskie
Photo credit: Maryland
Dept of Natural Resources
Habitat requirements and life history:
The tiger muskie, a hatchery fish, is a sterile hybrid cross
between the muskellunge and the northern pike. Tiger muskies
prey on suckers, fallfish and large minnows. Both northern
pike and tiger muskies are occasionally stocked in the SuAsCo
watershed; see the Mass
Wildlife fish stocking page for more information. (Source:
Massachusetts Wildlife, No. 2, 2000, Special Fishing Issue
and AMC Guide to Freshwater Fishing in New England)
Total length: 28 - 36
inches by 4th or 5th year
Pollution tolerance (US EPA):
Classification:
Number of fish found during 1954 &
2001 Fish Surveys*
| Location |
No. of Fish 1954 |
No. of Fish 2001 |
| Assabet River |
0 |
1 |
| Total |
0 |
1 |
*Data sources:
Schlotterbeck, L.C. and W.A. Tompkins, 1954. "A Fisheries
Investigation of the Merrimack and Ipswich River Drainages."
Bureau of Wildlife Research and Management, Massachusetts
Division of Fisheries and Game.
DFW, 2001. Assabet Watershed Fish Survey. MA Department of
Fisheries and Wildlife, Westborough, MA.
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