do the math on this one..

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by gfishermanMTKPT

holy crap! just to know the possibility that she's out there.i'mma comin for ya!congrats on your catch.insane!

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?

[numbskull]

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?

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

[fishaholic18]

Nice fish...congrats to the angler....

[l.i.fish.in.vt]

very nice fish,i bet they were targeting muskie or some other freshwater species and that is why it might have been released

[BassDawg]

EZ there big fella!


i did say, "Please, correct me if i am WRONG".
i am on the side of the best science available,

thanks George for posting those links,
and i WILL reread them and try to retain them THIS time.
i still doan think i could've released her.

i am quite shore that SHE is just one of HUNDREDS and perhaps 1,000's.

if she is INDEED from the Classes of '89,'93, or '96~~~
by the way, they were ALL banner YOY#'s for each year~~
and each class of yearmates would be 19yo, 15yo, and 13yo respectively.
1996 was thru the roof!!

these next two or three years should be amazing and we should see fish of this size and greater, often. POTENTIALLY, the IGFA will be shattered and we could sea sum AMAZING catches from the shore as well!! i know i'll be loaded for MOBY'S next Fall, will YOU

sooooo, approximately, how old is an 85#'er anyways??