JPS...I think what you linked on the other thread is almost exactly what I have been trying to figure out. My effort has been to take a few samples to find avg growth rate (mm) and weight (decimal pounds) to find the AVG RW.
From what I'm tracking, 1.68mm per day is my average growth per day for the sampled fish.
It almost sounded as if you could tell from the graph if they were eating at a standard weight or to satiation from there project what fish could potentially weigh at 1yr? Looking to set milestones for Mid Oct and then probably leave them alone until the water warms again in the spring...say April.
I don't know how to apply winter to growth. I'm assuming it will slow.
My stocking occurred on 5.31 and the fish were 2". Avg RW of the 6 fish we've sampled 158%
Boondoggle,
Your fish are outpacing the model. I have to increase consumption by 23% in order to get a match for your largest fish on 8.24. So it started out consuming 20% of its body weight of GAM equivalent forage. Pretty amazing. Does anyone want to venture a guess as to the weight of forage his 8.24 LMB at .36 lbs consumed (of GAM equivalent forage) from 5.31through 8.24? Hint. The GAM FCR was 1.33.
Last edited by jpsdad; 08/27/2411:18 PM.
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