Cecil,
Do you remember any of the stats on what the world record p-gill is?
There wasn't one, but they said they would make a category if it was verified as one. I had one biologist say it was a pumpkinseed as far as he was concerned when he keyed it out, gill rakers etc. while another arrogant one that didn't get within 10 feet said it was a hybrid. The arrogant one was walking into the building and wasn't even interested in looking at it.
So that was the dilemma without DNA.
It was a dead ringer for a pumpkinseed, but didn't have the red tab. The biologist that keyed it as a pumpkinseed said it may have just been it was an old fish.
It was one pound 6 ounces and would have tied the world record if it was indeed a pumpkinseed.
