Dave , Bruce and CB1 :

I have a question on RW concepts of growth. I use RW for info and mgt. and keep up with them. I have read several studies on trophy LMB which indicate that many times the largest fish have a much faster growth rate than the rest of their year class. With this in mind does age need to be factored into the RW scale to give us a complete picture. For example Bruce's BG are not only well above RW (the RW scale under a common sense approach assumes that a certain length is reached at a certain age) they are there way early. Is there a factor or scale for this --BC's BG are 40% over but when compared to normal 2 yr. old + BG they may be 80% over on a national scale and 125% over on a Neb. area scale for same age BG . ewest