Bill, problem is with what most folks from around here call CNBG are intergrades from Arkansas fish trucks.
There are only two sources that breed from select pure Florida CNBG brood stock that I know about in this part of the country - Tyler Fish Farm and Overton Fisheries.
George
Shouldn't the intergrades look a bit different? I don't do fish trucks unless it was Rainman but I got my CNBG from Hopper Stevens here in Arkansas and they look pretty pure to me? Course I am no expert on pure and not pure...
JD if you catch another 9 inch BG let us know what you get on the scale. You got me wondering now. I feed pretty well and my pond is doing great and I have caught a lot of 9 inch BG and most are between 9 and 11 oz. So if you really do have 1.5 pound 9 inch BG I wanna know and so does the rest of the world what your doing my friend to get them
Curious minds want to know!!
RC