Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations RESxGSF hybrid

Snrub You have some great pictures of GSFXRES hybrids. Thanks for taking time to make those pictures and your work with these fish. It will be interesting to see the growth characteristics of these hybrids. Good work!

Thanks Bill, I appreciate that comment. Most people are not that interested in the hybrids or specific hybrids, but I figure since I have them and kind of enjoy messing with them if anyone is interested in the future it is not that hard to document the ones I see.

A problem I have is once they go into my main 3 acre pond, I have more difficulty determining if they are a RESxGSF hybrid or just a regular HBG since I have both. The first picture below may be a RESxGSF but I just do not know for sure. The second picture I would call a regular HBG (.95#). The third picture is a GSF. All of these were from my main pond. The fourth and fifth pictures are actually of the same RES but it certainly changed coloration from the time it came out of my forage pond in the cast net and when I put it on the tail gate for a better picture. The last picture shows the urogenital opening of the RES

One thing I am sure of, the hybrids grow fast, take to pellets very well, and are relatively easy to catch and fillet out well.

Here are some pictures of RESxGSF hybrids. I'm culling these out of my RES/SMB pond. It was supposed to have only SMB and pure RES but I made some mistakes with the identification of some fingerlings that were moved from my forage pond. Had lots of RES as well as RESxGSF fingerlings raised in that pond and a few of the hybrids I mis-identified as pure RES and got Transferred to the RES/SMB pond by mistake. I think my problem was with the under 3" fish I transferred.

Anyway, I really like these RESxGSF hybrids, just not in that particular pond. I been putting them into the adjacent old pond where I hope they will get bigger.

I remove them because they compete with my SMB yearlings for food. Have caught quite a few just like the ones in the pictures. They are easy to catch, unlike their pure RES cousins in this pond. They go after the same baits the 9-12" SMB I target for transplanting into other ponds.

Those are some really nice looking specimens, I'd be proud to have a passel of them in my BOW.

I really like them to. They look like they may have a smaller mouth than regular HBG.I wonder why the fisheries don't breed them and sell them?

Fantastic looking! thanks for posting the pics. I have been culling pan fish from my pond and these will help identify crosses.

John, never seen those but they are some beautiful fish.

Nice pictures John!

Here is one out of my main pond from earlier this fall. Can't decide for sure what pedigree it is. Definitely a mutt, but I think it may be a CNBGxRES hybrid.

I think you have a Trybrid there.
I see GSF and RES but I think some CNBG by head shape, maybe..
Water color, or lack of, has a lot to do with fish color as well as time of year.
If nothing else, very interesting!

I think you may be right. There are some green bars on the cheeks reminiscent of GSF.

"trybrid", also known as "mut".

3 and even 4 way crosses are not uncommon. Beautiful fish btw !

Theo Gallus experience with BG/RES hybrids

BGxRES hybrids thread

I have the perfect RES/SMB pond I could do this in by adding just a few male BG. Probably not do it this year, but I might some time in the future. The hybrids go to feed easily and are easy to catch. Not so for the pure RES. And I am more into catching rather than fishing.