Not by a long shot. Ken spent 10 years going through trial and error with several different combinations in several different experimental ponds. In fact, if I am not mistaken he tripped up on the Georgia Giant right before Mrs. Judye kicked him out of the house for having spent all the money on research. If the Georgia Giant were indeed the same standard hybrid then there would be no need for discussion. As of yet I do not have the exact "recipe" for this fish, but hopefully one day I will earn that right. Ken and Jason keep pretty tight lipped on this one, but it involves several different fish. Sometimes I have wondered if he put piranha in there due to the aggressiveness. O'Neal Williams (O'Neal outdoors) filmed a show at one of our customer's ponds last Spring in Tifton, and had the Giants hitting every other hook. These were 1 1/2 pounders that were right at a year old.
But back to your question, nope! They are not the standard hybrid, they do reproduce, they will eventually crossbreed should you have other bluegill in the pond,they do degenerate over a 10 generation period (that is why predators need to be introduced within a 6 month to one year time) and they don't strangely turn into little green sunfish. Good fiction novel in the works for that one though, "Attack of the Giant Georgia Green Sunfish" :p .
Thanks for getting me starting on a soap box (and to think, you only asked one question)!!!
Deb
