Originally Posted By: snrub
Originally Posted By: Bill D.
I have both HBG and BG in my pond. As expected, the HBG have grown faster and seem more aggressive than the BG. Will the HBG dominate the spawning beds and mate with the female BG creating a lot of HBG x BG? Anybody have pictures of HBG x BG? Is this a desirable cross if the goal is for just a good fishing pond?






Now I have a sediment pond that produced quite a number of hybrids. But in this case there were a very small number of GSF with limited opportunity to mate with their own kind. They basically were forced to mate with either CNBG or RES.


And this is how a great many hybrid fish are created naturally. Lack of spawning partners and reduced visual cues (because of different conditions and/or circumstances), lead to crosses.

"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.