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I read an article in the paper about triploid rainbow trout in California and the expectations of huge sizes eventually. Seems to me this would be the ideal solution for the bass stunting problem in the typical farm pond scenario since presumably they don't reproduce. It has also occured to me that stocking a single sex of bass, probably females would be a solution, although sexing bass would be a problem. Has anyone heard of efforts to produce triploid bass?
Layton Runkle
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Layton,
I have talked it over with several hatcheries in Arkansas which produce bass. Right now, they don't see the value, or the market. Part of their thinking is since females become largest, if they used triploidy for bass, half the fish would be useless (the males). But, their decisions mainly stem from a lack of interest in the marketplace.
Teach a man to grow fish...
He can teach to catch fish...
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