You know, the more I think about it, it is the "look " I'm after.
IIRC, we closed the dam on the big pond 15-16 years ago. This is the first time since it was originally stocked that I can visually verify the age of the CNBG. Like Tony, I live on the property with my ponds, and I hit the brood pond and big pond 3 to 4 times a day, almost every day. From the brood pond, I've figured out over 2 years what my CNBG's dominant traits are from the 2-3" CNBG fingerlings I got from Overton's in March of 2013, and want to continue those traits. It kinda makes all the fun new again.
