sprkplug has seen a lot more fish that I probably ever will and is especially familiar with hybrids so I suspect he if right.

PS get pretty decent size. I always thought according to descriptions that they did not get very big either. Then I saw a number of them while snorkeling in a fresh water pond on Cape Cod. It is always a bit of a trick estimating fish length under water because of the magnification factor (approximately 25%), but the ones I saw on nests looked a good solid 7-8".

GSF don't get very big either, but the hybrids with BG can get close to the ultimate size of the BG. So a hybrid is not automatically limited size wise to the smallest fish of the cross.

John

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