Did you fillet and check fat content and egg mass?
And flavor of the fillets?
The fish is back in the pond. The biologist knows we have some even bigger and asked that I not request a new record every month so I'm guessing when someone other than me catches one, we will set a goal for half-pound increments..:-))
And.. if nothing else, we verified my personal scale is indeed accurate.
I thought about tanking the fish with 6-8 males and letting her blow the ribbon but it's just more space taken that I need for SMB, so I'm going to let them blow in the pond and when I get a giant ribbon I will collect and send to Dr. Perca.. Hopefully he can determine if there is truly a genetic thing going on here with growth rates.
