Tiger trout ? Not sure any suggestions

[deaone123]

Broke out the rod for the first time today after a iob interview hit the manasquan river without a touch, then figured id hit spring lake managed a 15 inch 2 1/4 pound trout which i thought was a brook, but after some reserach the lack of spots led me to believe this a tiger trout!!
Im actually quite confused why there was a tiger trout in there if thats what it is but even if its a brook trout i have to say thats preety amazing to.
I only kept it because it was slimier then A eel and i could not grip it so i ran quite a bit to my car for my boga grips and i noticed it was bleeding a lot so i kept it i would have rather released but a fish that will prob die is pointless to release to me.