I've been doing some LMB culling in the pond. This one was returned to grow some more. Signal is too bad to send a pic from the phone to the computer, so that will be done later on today.

I removed 7 LMB from the pond, some were held in a fish cage for almost 3 weeks until I got around to filleting them. This one spent 3 days in the cage. I did feed them and whoever was smart enough to eat pellets, ate. The LMB removed ranged in size from 15" to 19", and the average weight was slightly over 3#, even after the time spent in the cage.

Yes Bill, I did get gape measurements. Those will be posted tonight or tomorrow.

This one was tag #003. It was stocked in the pond 6-2009 at roughly 1#, and it IS a pellet trained fish, and has stayed pellet trained. The floy tag is still in her. 18 3/4", 5.51# This is post spawn, you wouldn't believe how thick she is.

As promised:

Last edited by esshup; 07/05/14 01:41 AM. Reason: added image
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