http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/aquaculture/2003forum/Hybrid%20Bluegill.pdf You'll have to use the zoom in tool to read the text. I would go to the conclusion.
I believe Bill Cody sent me something too. I'll have to look and see if it's the same one or another study.
I was skeptical of Georgia Giants but here is data that says otherwise. Of course this was not a study to prove GG's grown bigger or faster but the evidence is there.