Tiger musky coming to a high mountain lake not near you

[muskyon46]

Dont know how these will survive the high mountain lakes but it will be a surpries on the end of an ultra light set up or a 3wt fly rod in the future thats for sure.

https://www.ksl.com/article/46622774/heres-why-tiger-muskies-can-now-be-found-in-3-of-utahs-higher-elevated-lakes

[meandcuznalfy]

Seems like a overpopulated trout fishery  would benefit from a more liberal limit. Not sure how muskies will fare in the winter in a mountain lake.

[esox_xtm]

Muskies will be fine in cold water. Tigers (musky x pike hybrids) are very hardy. Pike do well in the far, far North. Think Alaska and northern Saskatchewan. Don't grow fast but do well and get big given the time. Tigers generally won't reproduce so the population is very controllable. Neither muskies or (especially) pike are known as "warm water" fish. Big pike in particular prefer cool water most of the time. Muskies like it slightly warmer.

Enjoy your new "residents" and expect to lose a few rigs to the toothies 

[dubob]

Pike do well in the far, far North. Think Alaska and northern Saskatchewan.

True that!  I was stationed at King Salmon, AK for a year where it got down to -50*F during the winter.  We caught pike by the tons up there.  High mountain lakes won't create any major difficulties for the hybrids here.