Just keep in mind all....
Age-2 in mid-September represents nearly three years of growth (more accurately three full growing seasons). I actually think I've sampled this fish before. I think his size progression was as follows:
Spawned May 2003
Size Sept. 16,2003 Approximately 3.5 inches
Size Sept. 16,2004 Approximately 7.5 inches
Size Sept. 16,2005 9.375 inches and 1 pound
This fish came from my first spawn involving all superior quality feed trained bluegill. It will definitely be a brood fish next year!!!
Also, Norm and I caught some age-1 fish that were 7-7.5 inches. They looked great, and were also lacking any evidence of sexual maturity.
Norm caught this fish out of a pond that had no fish at all in it before 2003 so it's pretty much a lock as to what year class it is. Ask Norm when he posts again--it looked like a baby with a big jiggly belly.
tritonvt check the following thread.
http://www.pondboss.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=20;t=001816
