esshup, do we know for sure that Malone's fish are a RES/BG cross? You would think they would be willing to state that straight up on their web page or if one asked they would be willing to reply by private email to give that info out.
is it particularly hard to create BG/RES hybrids? Why would they need to protect this 'trade secret' so vigorously?
CC, I will send you an answer on the first question.
You have to either physically "milk" males of one species and females of the other species, or be 110% sure of male/female of each species as you stock them into a pond.....
You know how hard it is to positively, 110% identify Male vs. Female Bluegills, so if I were to want to create a strain of fish to sell I would physically milk them to be 110% positive.
