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I like your fish measuring box, George!!!
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CNBG - George's grandbabies -  -  OTS CNBG - Overton's Texas Super CNBG - short for Over the Top Strain CNBG.  CNBG 
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We've got some of them there fish, too! I'll try to post a pic next time we catch one.
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I believe these are some of the very best CNBG in the country, but I may be prejudiced... Is it possible for CNBG to grow 1-2 inches in 6 weeks with an aggressive feeding program? We caught at least a dozen 9-10 inch fish and I don't believe we had that many survivors from the fish kill. If so they are going to max out my new fish measuring box ...  http://www.pondboss.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=104448&fpart=13
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CNBG - George's grandbabies - - OTS CNBG - Overton's Texas Super CNBG - short for Over the Top Strain CNBG. ...................................................... Let's go for it - OTS CNBG acronym for Overton's Texas Super CNBG ...
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Is it possible for CNBG to grow 1-2 inches in 6 weeks with an aggressive feeding program?
We caught at least a dozen 9-10 inch fish and I don't believe we had that many survivors from the fish kill. I think aggressive BG, with aggressive feeding, could do this, especially in a pond with very limitied competition for the available natural food. Your water temps were probably in the optimal rnage for BG growth during this time, right? But I would readily defer to Bruce if he thinks differently.
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Yes George it is possible and as Theo notes under your conditions is likely that some of them could do so. It is not uncommon for a certain % of CNBG in a good environ to go from 0 ( April yoy spawn) to 8 inches in your conditions by Nov. That is more than 1 inch a mth. That growth rate will slow or stop over winter. The second year growth rate in length will be less in age 1 fish ( 2nd year of life) but they put on some weight and girth.
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Picked up 62 of these all male OTS CNBG beauties yesterday � brings my total up to 212 all male CNBG stocked last fall this spring. Note size of ~1-year-old fish with adult spawning colors and even a copper bar and helmet appearing. Prettiest CNBG I have eve see. Overton has raised the bar on pure Florida CNBG hatchery production.  
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Sweet, george. Really sweet.
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Very nice looking fish George!!! Would they survive in SW Missouri do you know?
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My babies are growing up ... This morning OTS CNBG fishin' ...  
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Beautiful Fish George!!
#1 and 3 look like intergrades
#2 looks like a native
#4 and 5 look like CNBG
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More survivors from fish kill? Should have culled if I only knew ....  I edited the above post for the photo record.
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That top pic is one of my favorite CNBG pics -- beautiful fish George.
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Wow! Those are some awesome coppernose 'gills, George.
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how did they taste george?
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Nate, I hate to raise the ire of the PB Community but I don't like to clean them and Mrs. G. prefers her fish from the market.
Fed them to the critters.
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Wow! Those are some awesome coppernose 'gills, George. Thanks Walt, I believe these CNBG to be some of the very best in the country. After fish kill last summer, we stocked 150 of Overton�s pure Florida CNBG males in November and another 62 male OTS CNBG June of this year. (Pictured above) I believe these CNBG to be two year old immature males just beginning to develop a broader copper band and helmets.
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Nate, I hate to raise the ire of the PB Community but I don't like to clean them and Mrs. G. prefers her fish from the market.
Fed them to the critters. No ire, george, just a sense of ... Excuse me, there's something in my eye. 
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Dang George, beautiful fish!
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