Why aren't there sterile LMB???

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Re: Why aren't there sterile LMB??? #54012 05/15/05 08:24 PM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,975 Likes: 277 Central Ohio Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker
Theo Gallus Moderator Lunker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 13,975 Likes: 277 Central Ohio	Quote: I just cannot see why sterile bass are not the solution to 80% of all the problems posted on this board. I think the HSB Fan Club just made you their Poster Pondmeister. $\:\)$ IMHO there already a lot of predators available which do not (readily) reproduce in ponds - the aforementioned Wipers, Walleye, Channel/Blue/Flathead Catfish, Northern Pike; I bet I missed some. While each of these may have advantages and disadvantages versus LMB, they provide a lot of "sterile" alternatives that probably cut most of the sales potential out from under triploid LMB by being more readily/cheaply available. My guess is that if there were no other non-pond reproducing predators around, sterile LMB might have already taken off as commercially viable. I did not know Groupers went both ways; LMB do not. "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Why aren't there sterile LMB???	LRunkle	05/15/05 07:29 PM
Re: Why aren't there sterile LMB???	Theo Gallus	05/16/05 01:24 AM