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Record brookie?(Image removed from quote.)More here:http://www.brooktrout.ca/manitoba-record-brook-trout.htm
I think thats a splake.. Oh no not another brown-salmon debate!! When have you ever seen a splake with those colors??
Nice pics CaptJJ! I don't know about you folks, but that rainbow still doesn't sit right with me! Not taking anything away from the proud angler, but that mutant doesn't deserve world record status. It's more genetically altered than McGuire, Bonds, and the Canadian Olympic hockey squad! (just teasin' eh!) At least the good folks who log the records could place a nice bright * Asterisk * next to that freak, and hold up the integrity of natural fish world wide. Just .03 cent JoY!
Troutguy I'll try not to highjack your thread! Sure Oleike...The way I see it is that if a fish such as this triploid rainbow is allowed to reign on top of the record book, then we'll see many additional records fall in the near future. The IGFA should at least allow a "split" category for fish such as the Manitoba Monster, and still allow natural fish to be counted as such. The fish in question was given world record status despite the fact that it was likely a triploid, meaning it may have been genetically altered to carry an additional set of chromosomes that leads to an abnormal growth rate. I even read that this beast may have escaped from a nearby fish farm, (although that's probably not the case.) If you've ever meandered through a fish market and ogled the trout that look like footballs with fins, your probably staring at a triploid bow. The hatchery probably packed on pounds with some high growth nuclear powered fish pellets that caused the fish a mild heart attack or 12. This fish looks JUST like one of those fish, except on a Goliath scale! I think I have a grip on this "triploid" thing By exposing the trout eggs to heat for a couple minutes, (or pressure) causes this genetic alteration. These fish are prevented from sexually maturing or reproducing, (like a steer eh!) causing them to grow to maximum size. We all know what happens when animals are sexually active and not altered, they stay nice and thin. Kinda like some of us after a vasectomy! :D Fish that reproduce, (especially trout and salmon), spend so much energy that they lose weight and a great percentage even die. So these genetic sows are allowed to eat and eat without the worries of mating and loosing pounds in the process. They also get a jump start as fry due to their bloated size making them more apt to survive harsh winter conditions, as opposed to their weaker cousins.I know it's probably an uphill battle trying to convince folks that a natural fish should be our norm, and records should be based on unaltered fish. With so many states going to these mutant strains, (including my state), we'll soon forget what a "real" fish even looks like! So let's at least split the categories for those fish that have mutant cousins and call it a day, OR give them a catchy name like they did with the "tiger muskie", OR lastly....... give them an *.)
That jumbo rainbow was caught in Deifenbaker Lake Saskatchewan. A reservoir with no natural rainbows present. All the trout in that system are escapees from a fish farming operation. They are even allowed to spear fish for trout in the lake
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Topic: World record brown? rainbow? brookie? (Read 4541 times)
