Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Hbg first

I may open a can of worms here, but if someone has actual experience with Georgia Giants I would like to hear about it.

If you read on their web site, they say the GG hybrids will breed true and sustain a population without reverting to less desirable fish. At least that is what I thought I read some time ago.

That basically goes against everything taught and talked about here on PBF. Here on PBF it seems most see a hybrid is a hybrid is a hybrid and they are all GSF female X BG male. There are other ways to make hybrids and other species that can be used to create hybrids (RES to name one). Of course since the cross is claimed to be proprietary, the creators of GG's are not telling what their cross is. So maybe is is nothing more than the old GSF female x BG male which lives so well and transports well on fish trucks so the fish farms like to sell them. But maybe it is not. They claim it is not.

I'm contemplating on building another pond this fall (if I can ever get the dozer back from cleaning up other farm stuff that actually makes us money). I've played with the idea of getting some GG's just to find out for myself (I have come to really appreciate hybrid sunfish and am delighted when I catch one). I got this crazy idea in my head that a GSF/BG female crossed with a male RES would be the cats meow for a hybrid, and have wondered if the GG's are not something along this line. But I'm a complete amateur and just hypothesizing with very little experience.

I am trying to get some RES/GSF cross naturally.

Anyone with real hands on experience with Georgia Giants hybrid sunfish???????

Edit: this is not an attempt at a thread hijack. Tucker14 might actually want to know about GG's for his hybrid sunfish selection if someone has had good experience with them.