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striped bass age versus egg viability
This was discussed briefly on another board (nothing really came of it) and some of the ideas were popping up in the OTW Striper Cup thread as well. Didn't want to hijack that, so I started this.
When do a striper's eggs actually become less viable? I googled the Internet literally for hours to try and find some answers to this and I found nothing useful.
Are a 40 pounder's eggs less viable? And who's to say this is an old fish? At 40 pounds, that fish may have conservatively another 20 pounds of growth in it's life. My only hang up with the old eggs theory is I often see it mentioned by commercials and charter captains, so immediately I get suspicious and would love to have some real data on the matter. That and I'm just not convinced a striper is "old" if at 40 it is only at 2/3 of it's potential body weight.
Show me some data! Prove to me that the idea that a 40 pound striper is "old" and past it's prime breeding age isn't just the way we're programmed to think about stripers.
Discuss...
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