Lake Merwin Tiger Muskie

Was curious if anyone has had any success fishing Tiger Muskies from a kayak and also if there are any plans to add this species to AOTY point system.  I've had some success fishing for these from a boat but have yet to try it with my yak (the price of an out-of-state washington license is also a major deterrent).  Thanks in advance

Well,this happened to me while koke fishing a few years ago....
http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=8104.0

Phillips Reservoir, in eastern Oregon, did receive it's tiger muskie planting last year so they hopefully will be chomping down on all the yellow perch that are there.  Not sure on the exact growth rate but they can rapidly increase in size.  I believe the plants were around 5-6 inches so it will be a few years before they could provide angler fun.

Last fall they put in 4inch (fingerling) tiger muskies in Phillips Res.  I just saw a picture yesterday of a 14" Tiger Muskie that was netted while they were catching perch.

That's 10 inches of growth over winter.......  I can't wait to catch one!!!!

Last fall they put in 4inch (fingerling) tiger muskies in Phillips Res.  I just saw a picture yesterday of a 14" Tiger Muskie that was netted while they were catching perch.

That's 10 inches of growth over winter.......  I can't wait to catch one!!!!

I always wanted to fish that res since I was a kid.just a nice setting.more reason to go now.with a few more populations around maybe a new fish for AOTY in years to come?

It'll be catch and release for a while.  I' hope they eventually make it a 1 per year slot limit fish.  Should be fun!!  I haven't seen any info on ODFWs website about them.

Was curious if anyone has had any success fishing Tiger Muskies from a kayak and also if there are any plans to add this species to AOTY point system.  I've had some success fishing for these from a boat but have yet to try it with my yak (the price of an out-of-state washington license is also a major deterrent).  Thanks in advance

I've had the same thoughts! Tiger Muskies are on my bucket list, and I don't get to where they are more common very often, so I was pretty interested last year when I learned they were in there.

I think that one problem with adding them to AOTY is that the minimum size up there is 50" IIRC, and per AOTY rules,

Only fish that you can normally keep and eat (per the regulations pertaining to the waters you are fishing in) are eligible.

So if the minimum eligible size for AOTY was 50" I'm not sure how far up you could go from there...