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Originally Posted by BassDawg
and SHE'S not alone, gents!!!
however, please correct me if i'm WRONG, but
doesn't the latest science now state that the
BEST breeders are those girls in the 25#-35# class?
doesn't the fecundity ratio greatly diminish the older the BIG GALS get?
while it IS true that they drop more eggs; is it also true that their eggs
aren't as fertile as the fewer eggs that the younger gurls drop?
still trying to figure out this whole "best breeders of the species" science?
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OK, you asked.
This was all hashed out last year
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ight=fecundity. You clearly didn't believe it then, and apparently still don't want to believe it. Fecundity, egg quality, genetic quality, and population breeding success all improve with older fish. Here is one of many references again. Why not read it, Bass Dawg, and hopefully stop spreading a misleading myth that rationalizes killing the most valuable fish in the population? If the whole thing is too detailed, scroll 1/2 way through to the subtitle regarding age and fecundity.
http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/HsO/PDF/...0Fisheries.pdf . Thanks
PS Here's another
http://www.science.calwater.ca.gov/p..._fecundity.pdf