Well, this is a really unfair and misleading thing to say.

The owner has spent millions of his own dollars on this project. He built everything himself, and honestly, I think it's fair to say that he would have probably been fine without the state.

I understand the concern about public money being used for private enterprise, but I also understand that type of thing happens all the time, in a number of ways. I think, fairly, it would be appropriate to rate the severity of misuse on a scale.

I can think of much more horrible examples of misused money, and as I have said, on a scale, this just doesn't rank very high.

Where was all this outrage and questioning when we were stuck with the fresh water fishing stamp that was suppose to go away after 5 years but never did???

Cant believe all this fuss over some fry/fingerlings when so many are sound asleep on more important things like the fresh water fishing stamp that is costing us fishermen millions of dollars every year when it shouldn't be. I guess pocket change is more important than dollar bills though..........or so it would seem.

I think he needs to slash his wrist with a rusty razor...

On the surface it sure doesn't seem like a lot of science is involved. You are putting fish into a controlled environment, no predators and all the high protein food they can eat without really working for it. I am going to go out on a limb and guess that they will get bigger quicker. I know that is oversimplification but bottom line, from what we have been told about this experiment, that is what is going on.

Put those same fish or their offspring in a public lake where the food supply is not as good or as plentiful, predators have to be avoided and they have to work for their food, the result is they will not get as big as quick.

Damn Kenny... hahaha. You must be mad about something... How is the fishing at Camelot? Been out there lately? lol

Who says there was no "nod and a wink" when TPWD said he can't fish it. I would be the probably has a nice pretty closed and locked gate that TPWD would have to enter to catch him or anyone else fishing it.

"Who says there was no "nod and a wink" when TPWD said he can't fish it. I would be the probably has a nice pretty closed and locked gate that TPWD would have to enter to catch him or anyone else fishing it."

You know there is a rather large difference between challenging the efficacy of the project or the possible results or even the methods used, but this kind of goes directly to the integrity of the Dr. and going there will never end well.

Agree with this completely. No basis for questioning the Dr's integrity without absolute proof. There has been no indication at all that him or anyone from the TPW are doing anything unethical.

wow.

I wonder what Fork would have been like if the original brood ponds were developed and managed this way.

Unless you can replicate the entire lake to support the same water quality, forage, etc., I suspect it would be no different.

My thoughts differ. No doubt the females would have been bigger at the flooding stage. If they lived to the same age as the original ones, that 18 lb'er might be a blip on the radar screen.