I find this post redundant.. If you have looked with an open mind at all the data, you know what the answer to all your questions are.. And you don't need to be a biologist to decypher it.

But one thing for you to consider..

Just because one is a fisheries biologist, and believe me that fisheries biologists have been around for a long time, does not mean that you know that the SL program will work.

When you go to fishieries biologist school, the first day of class the teacher does not stand up and say "you can grow a bigger bass by letting bigger bass bump uglies.."

You might learn that a bass is not a bass but a sunfish.. You will learn that Micropterus Salmoides is the scientific name for the largemouth bass..

You will learn that there are dozens of types of cyclids..

You will learn all kinds of names of fish and relations of fish and their habitat..

But nowhere will they tell you that you can grow a bigger bass by breeding bigger bass.

This is what is called an "experiment."

And you don't have to be a biologist to do an experiment or read collected data. You don't have to be a biologist to throw a couple of fish in a tank and see what happens..

The problem is that we never see what happens..

So don't tell me that they know any more about what the results from this "experiment" will be than you or I.

This is not covered in the manual..

So get back to work and let this thread die..

These name dropping know it
alls have proved nothing other
than the majority on here arent biologist.

I find this post redundant.. If you have looked with an open mind at all the data, you know what the answer to all your questions are.. And you don't need to be a biologist to decypher it.

But one thing for you to consider..

Just because one is a fisheries biologist, and believe me that fisheries biologists have been around for a long time, does not mean that you know that the SL program will work.

When you go to fishieries biologist school, the first day of class the teacher does not stand up and say "you can grow a bigger bass by letting bigger bass bump uglies.."

You might learn that a bass is not a bass but a sunfish.. You will learn that Micropterus Salmoides is the scientific name for the largemouth bass..

You will learn that there are dozens of types of cyclids..

You will learn all kinds of names of fish and relations of fish and their habitat..

But nowhere will they tell you that you can grow a bigger bass by breeding bigger bass.

This is what is called an "experiment."

And you don't have to be a biologist to do an experiment or read collected data. You don't have to be a biologist to throw a couple of fish in a tank and see what happens..

The problem is that we never see what happens..

So don't tell me that they know any more about what the results from this "experiment" will be than you or I.

This is not covered in the manual..

So get back to work and let this thread die..

As has already been stated, the info is there if you'll just do a little research.

"We feel that this selective breeding process results in the best possible genetics being returned to the lakes, increasing the chance of more trophy bass being produced in the future," explained Allen Forshage, director of TFFC. "Although these big females have no doubt spawned in years before they were caught, they did not necessarily mate with a pure Florida male. Everything we know about genetics tells us that the parents with the best genes produce the highest quality offspring. This is the scientific basis of our selective breeding program."
Forshage also noted that the main purpose of stocking ShareLunker fingerlings is not to produce trophy fish for anglers to catch. "The reason we stock these fish, and the reason we want to use only pure Florida bass in the selective breeding program, is that we know Florida bass grow bigger and faster than native northern largemouths, and by stocking pure Florida fingerlings from trophy fish, we will have a greater impact on the genetics of the overall largemouth population in the lake," he said. "In addition, since fingerlings from different parents are mixed before being stocked, these stockings help to promote genetic diversity."
TFFC also uses some of the ShareLunker offspring to produce broodfish for TPWD's regular largemouth bass stocking program, which annually stocks millions of fish into Texas public waters. "In this way we are introducing ShareLunker genetics into the general largemouth bass population," Forshage said.