HBG and RES may hybridize - I have some in my own fishery, the few fish caught were all quite large. I don't recall reviewing any scientific research on GSF/BG x RES offspring, but imagine at least 70%+ are males and have never become a management issue for me. You mentioned an interest in HBG and this is also why I recommended potentially stocking both RES and HBG - any hybridization could become an interesting experiment and a bonus catch.


Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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