Johnsfolly Posted August 24, 2015 Posted August 24, 2015 I didn't know that they released triploid trout into Taneycomo. Do they release triploid brown and rainbow trout? It's still a heck of a fish to land on 2lb test line.
Travis Swift Posted August 24, 2015 Posted August 24, 2015 Dumb question. .What's a triploid? It's a beautiful monster fish! Loved your story on Facebook to. Morgan has helped us several times this year when we stopped in the resort for baits or to rent a boat and she's really friendly and great to deal with. Congrats to her! You had a pretty big smile on your face to Phil your usually ppretty serious looking so I can tell you were really happy for her.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted August 25, 2015 Author Root Admin Posted August 25, 2015 Yea- trying to hold the fish, worry about it flopping and hurting itself, and holding the net below it so it wouldn't fall in the boat or in the water... I wasn't thinking about smiling. Triploid is a fish that is sterile. They treat the eggs by holding them in hot water for a short time. The idea is that these fish will grow faster since they won't go through a spawning period. We didn't inspect the fish when we had it... we noticed in the pictures that the adipose fin was gone. MDC marks triploids by clipping this fin. Shane Bush said the first year they're stocked triploids (recently) was May, 2013 so if this fish is a triploid and the fin was clipped, its growth rate would be nearly impossible. To grow from 10.5 inches to 24.5 inches in 18 months... may be the fish just lost or didn't have a adipose fin for some reason.
Travis Swift Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 We are headed down Thursday for a long weekend so I'll try to stop by for a shake and a howdy and to stock up on a few more jigs. I will also try to have a report or 2 as well. Phil Lilley 1
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted August 25, 2015 Author Root Admin Posted August 25, 2015 Shane reported back to me. Doesn't look like Morgan's brown could be a triploid- it must have had a very small adipose fin. A brown stocked in 2013 could not have grown that big that quick. He showed me a graph of the findings from their survey last week of the triploid browns they found. Unless it was a freak of nature, it's not a triploid.
Johnsfolly Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 Phil - how do you feel about triploid fish being caught and presented as record fish? Since they put all of their energy into biomass and not trying to go through several spawning cycles, they just get so big compared to normal diploid fish. It seems to me that there should be two categories with one for diploid fish and one for triploids for certain species, especially trout species.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted August 25, 2015 Author Root Admin Posted August 25, 2015 Like the rainbow record triploids?
Members Kansasfly09 Posted August 26, 2015 Members Posted August 26, 2015 Enjoy watching the one cast Phil. One of these times you will land one of those Taneycomo beast on your first cast. Phil Lilley 1
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