Originally Posted By: Bill D.
I was reading a thread this morning that started me thinking about old fish. Say you stock a species in your trophy pond with an average expected life span of 6 to 8 years. It is now year 6. Do you begin harvesting these trophies you have watched grow and enjoyed catching for 6 years or let them live out their lives and die a natural death? confused


Depends on how many I had. I'd leave most of them because they could spawn another year or 2 and their genetics are good. I'd eat a few as a reward for carrying all that AM. whistle