03-21-2008, 05:17 PM
PBH,
I don't care any more if you agree with me or not. I just don't want you to feel it is your job to brain wash others as you have been brain washed. As an IS guy I don't doubt you do a good job at it. You are tenatious enough and certainly hold your ground on what ever you believe is right.
On the genetics my experience is not simply from cichlids in an aquarium. I have also had experience with trout, sunfish, bass, and even some invertabrate aquaculture. I have dealt with millions of spawns with over 1000 of species of fish. Yes many were cichlids but definitely not all.
I don't believe that the rainbows in the berry if fertile would be ready to spawn at 16" I don't know on the cuts, but I would tend to believe there are many at 15" one spring and 17" to 18" in the winter. That means they get caught in that winter and they never had a chance to spawn. They were removed from the gene pool. Either way I don't think it is a huge issue in Utah. I do however believe that genetics play a larger role in fish size than you or the Utah DWR believe. I think we just agree to disagree.
In the mean time you contiinue to fish for your planter rainbows and tigers and I will do the same when time doesn't permit me to go and chase after larger and genetically "superior fish"
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I don't care any more if you agree with me or not. I just don't want you to feel it is your job to brain wash others as you have been brain washed. As an IS guy I don't doubt you do a good job at it. You are tenatious enough and certainly hold your ground on what ever you believe is right.
On the genetics my experience is not simply from cichlids in an aquarium. I have also had experience with trout, sunfish, bass, and even some invertabrate aquaculture. I have dealt with millions of spawns with over 1000 of species of fish. Yes many were cichlids but definitely not all.
I don't believe that the rainbows in the berry if fertile would be ready to spawn at 16" I don't know on the cuts, but I would tend to believe there are many at 15" one spring and 17" to 18" in the winter. That means they get caught in that winter and they never had a chance to spawn. They were removed from the gene pool. Either way I don't think it is a huge issue in Utah. I do however believe that genetics play a larger role in fish size than you or the Utah DWR believe. I think we just agree to disagree.
In the mean time you contiinue to fish for your planter rainbows and tigers and I will do the same when time doesn't permit me to go and chase after larger and genetically "superior fish"
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