World Record Rainbow?

[troutfiend1985]

I ran across this story today and thought it was interesting. Twin brothers have caught back to back world record rainbows out of the same lake. The kicker to this story is that the rainbows they caught were "triploids" meaning they have three sets of chromosomes instead of two, which also means they are sterile. Triploids grow larger than normal rainbows, I guess because they don't spend any of their energy preparing to breed because they are sterile. Both of these rainbows were from a hatchery that specifically bred these triploids because of their tendency to grow to gigantic sizes. The hyperlink that I attached has referred to these fish as being designed rather than bred, which I thought was interesting.

This brings me to my question, should triploids count as a world record fish? Or are these fish the equivalent of the steroids in baseball, in that their genetic makeup is so different from a normal rainbow that triploids shouldn't count as a record fish. Please read the article before posting a response.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/biotechfishing/

[ohmz138]

Check this out.

New World Record Rainbow

[ohmz138]

There was another thread on this too but I couldn't find it. If I'm not mistaken it was also a poll....

[FishinCricket]

They do the same thing with vegetables..

Just cause it's bigger than a "natural" trout doesn't mean it's any easier to catch. JMO

[flyfishmaster]

TF1985,

I have attached some previous postings related to this record trout caught and comments from fellow members. Enjoy.

http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19251&st=0&p=119072&hl=triploids&fromsearch=1&#entry119072

http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19312&st=0&p=119501&hl=triploids&fromsearch=1&#entry119501

http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19348&st=0&p=120002&hl=triploids&fromsearch=1&#entry120002

Cricket, You are correct. Just because the fish are that big, don't mean they are easy to catch.

Later,

FFM

[RSBreth]

They may be 10X harder to catch, but they aren't the same fish as even a hatchery-raised Rainbow - they were being "farmed" for food and broke out of their enclosures. They're also sterile, so you won't see further generations of them, so I'm saying no. Wipers are the sterile cross between Stripers and Whites, and they have their own catagory, I see this as a different, but similar thing.

[eric1978]

I think an asterisk in the books would be appropriate. Or maybe two different categories, one of which is "World Record Triploid Rainbow." Generally I don't give a rat's behind about records at all, though. So take my opinion with a grain of salt.

[Gavin]

I wouldnt drive more than 15 minutes to catch a freak like that !

[ozark trout fisher]

I just don't care.World records to me a really nothing more than a meaningless statistic. It sure as heck doesn't affect me, or anyone else for that matter.

I will say that I wouldn't take a trip all the way up there to target on of those "trout". Not that I would exactly mind catching one..........

[Randall]

Maybe make a separate class for triploids, the same way different trout species are classified differently, I don't know. I agree with the above posts about not being overly concerned with it.