Tiger muskie released at Pineview

Published: Thursday, July 9 2009 12:00 a.m. MDT

Craig Schaugaard, left, aquatic program manager for the Northern Region of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, and aquatic biologist Ben Nadolski place approximately 4,000 tiger muskie into the Pineview Reservoir on July 1.

Brendan Sullivan, Deseret News

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Craig Schaugaard, left, aquatic program manager for the Northern Region of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, and aquatic biologist Ben Nadolski place approximately 4,000 tiger muskie into the Pineview Reservoir on July 1. Utah does not have means to raise muskies and has to go outside the state to buy eggs. These muskies were bred in Nebraska and are a mix between a northern pike and a muskellunge, which is more commonly referred to as a muskie. Within the first year, a muskie can grow up to 20 inches in length. Because the tiger muskies are a hybrid, they cannot reproduce.

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