This is a good tread. I've stocked both the BG and the HBG. I want to see different in the growth myself. It's a small pond that I can easily manage the population of these fish. Ewest your right about the easier to catch on the HBG. The sunfish part of the Hybrid gill with the large mouth has them hitting on FHM that the straight gills would never try.( caught a few on rooster tail too)
I have read that after two or three offspring they will be more of a sun fish then the gill. Have you seen this?

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