I also am interested in the BG and RES and appreciate the ID so I can learn also. I have one pond that has 125 3" RES stocked last fall and only 10 5" BG. I'm hoping I get some hybrids from that pond. Don't know why I want them, for the novelty I guess.
Wife and I caught a few BG today. They are only 6" + or - because we have just had them in the pond about a year since they were fingerlings. But she commented how nice of a fight they put up. I told her imagine what it will be like when they are a couple inches longer and twice the weight they are now.
Looking forward to it.
