SHORTY, we may need some educated input from others, but I believe that smallmouth just don't grow that fast. A 12" smallie may be 2 years old (?).
Cecil should know about SMB growth rates as he does grow them out. I don't know what size he starts with though.
This spring, my fish guy is going to swing by Cecil's place and take a bunch of adult SMB off his hands (and maybe some other fish). Cecil commented on another thread that he had bigger smallies if anyone wanted them. If there are no other takers besides myself, I'll try to get all of them.
