Another aspect to the TPWD ShareLunker program that is new is the genetic tracking program. It is a 12 year long study tracking the genetics of descendants of the lunkers in the program to see if they produce bigger fish than wild populations. The 6in. offspring of the genetically ided lunker parents are tagged with small stainless steel wire tags and released in several lakes. Through surveys their growth is compared to wild fish of the same age over the next 8 years (through 2017 ).

I wonder if after this they survey the Lakes to find the offspring of the offspring based on the original parents DNA to see how the genetics pass on through the LMB populations of these lakes.