fishinwrench 11,870 Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 Oh Christ! A Husker fan🙄 I shoulda known. Mitch f and nomolites 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mitch f 5,311 Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 34 minutes ago, fishinwrench said: Oh Christ! A Husker fan🙄 I shoulda known. Ya know what the N stands for on a Nebraska football helmet? Knowledge Jerry Rapp, Bushbeater, snagged in outlet 3 and 1 other 4 Quote "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor Link to post Share on other sites
snagged in outlet 3 8,341 Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 8 hours ago, Mitch f said: Ya know what the N stands for on a Nebraska football helmet? Knowledge I New that was coming...😂 Terrierman and nomolites 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liphunter 1,047 Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 10 hours ago, Mitch f said: Ya know what the N stands for on a Nebraska football helmet? Knowledge My ex-wife and her family was from Nebraska. If they had an N anywhere? It wasn't for knowledge!!! 😉 snagged in outlet 3 and Mitch f 2 Quote Luck is where preparation meets opportunity...... Or you could just flip a coin??? Link to post Share on other sites
Members JPFisher55 1 Posted October 23 Members Report Share Posted October 23 I did some quick google research on sterility of hybrid bass. Several sources, including tis one https://appliedecology.cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/300.pdf, reveal that hybrid bass can be fertile and breed with stripers, white bass and even other hybrids. Thanks for the info fishinwrench. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishinwrench 11,870 Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 6 minutes ago, JPFisher55 said: I did some quick google research on sterility of hybrid bass. Several sources, including tis one https://appliedecology.cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/300.pdf, reveal that hybrid bass can be fertile and breed with stripers, white bass and even other hybrids. Thanks for the info fishinwrench. You are welcome. Thanks for caring enough to do your own fact checking. 👍 Several years back I started catching fish that weren't exactly white bass....and weren't exactly Hybrid Stripers. It wasn't blatently obvious but I knew I wasn't imagining things. Also noticed right away that those "mutts" weren't near as hearty as the regular White bass (died easily, and almost seemed to have a heart attack when handled). I've caught enough of them to know that we don't need them polluting the gene pool. They serve no useful purpose, and are probably going to be detrimental to the health of native White bass.....so WHY CONTINUE TO DO IT ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishinwrench 11,870 Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 And then you have this guy, probably a lurking member here, that doesn't eat Hybrids, but regularly collects them by the cooler full.....to feed to his GD cats! It's great that we can all help fund his cat food through the MDC. 🙄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnsfolly 8,388 Posted October 24 Report Share Posted October 24 19 hours ago, JPFisher55 said: I did some quick google research on sterility of hybrid bass. Several sources, including tis one https://appliedecology.cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/300.pdf, reveal that hybrid bass can be fertile and breed with stripers, white bass and even other hybrids. Thanks for the info fishinwrench. Wait that paper described research done by a biologist and funded by the USDA🤔. Seems pretty fishy to me😉. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnsfolly 8,388 Posted October 24 Report Share Posted October 24 19 hours ago, fishinwrench said: You are welcome. Thanks for caring enough to do your own fact checking. 👍 Several years back I started catching fish that weren't exactly white bass....and weren't exactly Hybrid Stripers. It wasn't blatently obvious but I knew I wasn't imagining things. Also noticed right away that those "mutts" weren't near as hearty as the regular White bass (died easily, and almost seemed to have a heart attack when handled). I've caught enough of them to know that we don't need them polluting the gene pool. They serve no useful purpose, and are probably going to be detrimental to the health of native White bass.....so WHY CONTINUE TO DO IT ? In all seriousness have you talked with anyone at MDC about these mutts? Would be a fairly simple genetic study to confirm the origins of their parentage. Some videos of their behavior would probably get a grad student or two interested in studying the potential further hybridization of white bass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishinwrench 11,870 Posted October 24 Report Share Posted October 24 6 hours ago, Johnsfolly said: On 10/23/2020 at 9:59 AM, fishinwrench said: In all seriousness have you talked with anyone at MDC about these mutts? Yes I have. Twice. They pretended to be interested, and acknowledged the negative possibilities. There are only 3 states where it is being done. Mitch f 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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