holdfast Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 http://www.fishinggeeks.net/ Whats going on in this world, two world Records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskieman Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 That's no guppy!!! But she sure looks deformed..out of proportion. RFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Is that fish from the Elk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anders Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Ugh!!! Id rather catch GL or West Coast bows than that any day...regardless of size...fish is a mutant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigdritchie Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Good grief - that thing's built like a horse. Amazing how many really large fish wind up being identified as genetic freaks. The Royal Ontario Museum has a replica mount on display of a 102 pound lake trout that was netted in Lake Athabasca many, many years ago. Its body shape looks more like a sunfish than a laker. When the ROM examined the actual fish, they found it was a naturally-occurring eunich, neither male nor female. With no sexual organs whatsoever, it grew like an embryo its whole life. It makes you wonder how many record fish over the years may have actually been genetic mutants, naturally occurring or otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bly Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 These boys keep busy setting/busting records........here is an OFC link to a thread on them in 2007... Record Trout Well done guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Good grief - that thing's built like a horse. Amazing how many really large fish wind up being identified as genetic freaks. The Royal Ontario Museum has a replica mount on display of a 102 pound lake trout that was netted in Lake Athabasca many, many years ago. Its body shape looks more like a sunfish than a laker. When the ROM examined the actual fish, they found it was a naturally-occurring eunich, neither male nor female. With no sexual organs whatsoever, it grew like an embryo its whole life. It makes you wonder how many record fish over the years may have actually been genetic mutants, naturally occurring or otherwise. Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to grow up to be a fireman. If I remove my reproductive organs, will I grow big and strong like that fish? Seriously though, I wouldn't mind something like that at the end of my line. That would make a lot of sushi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 This needs to go back to the top. What a freak! Two possible world record trout in a week? Some might say global warming. They would be wrong (for numerous reasons) of course, but they might say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Some might say global warming. They would be wrong (for numerous reasons) of course, but they might say it. I can see the headlines now, "Global Warming (or rather "Climate Change") Producing Record Sized Cold Water Species". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLofchik Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Even more amazing is realizing that fish is probably around 10 years old and part of 500,000 rainbows that escaped a fish farm in 2000. These are fish that are genetically modified triploids that are designed to grow to market size in two years. Certainly a good story & fish of a lifetime, but it's man made genetics really should disqualify it from any formal records. What's the Sask record if you ignore all of these mutant fish from Diefenbaker, around 10lbs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashhopper Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Ugh!!! Id rather catch GL or West Coast bows than that any day...regardless of size...fish is a mutant Mutant or not.. that fish is huuuge... wtg boys I wonder how many of the salmon caught on the great lakes could technically be called "mutants" since so many of them are raised in hatcheries and then released to "the wild"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucktail Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 I have to agree with CLofchik........ Having an obvious genetically modified fish is not what the record books were created for. It lessens other records by simply being included. It is exactly the same as comparing Barry Bonds to Hank Aaron....not right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLofchik Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 I wonder how many of the salmon caught on the great lakes could technically be called "mutants" since so many of them are raised in hatcheries and then released to "the wild"... None, Pacific Salmon don't respond well to genetic tinkering. That's why almost all commercial aquaculture is centered around rainbows & atlantics. Using classical Mendellian genetics to grow bigger pea pods is one thing, once you start monkeying around with chromosomes it's quite another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holdfast Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 These boys keep busy setting/busting records........here is an OFC link to a thread on them in 2007... Record Trout Well done guys! How come my MOVING TO SASKATCHEWAN post isnt there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashhopper Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 None, Pacific Salmon don't respond well to genetic tinkering. That's why almost all commercial aquaculture is centered around rainbows & atlantics. Using classical Mendellian genetics to grow bigger pea pods is one thing, once you start monkeying around with chromosomes it's quite another. welll.... that explains EVERYTHING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoot33 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 did they really need to keep it? sure its a record, either way I'd CPR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anders Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Mutant or not.. that fish is huuuge... wtg boys I wonder how many of the salmon caught on the great lakes could technically be called "mutants" since so many of them are raised in hatcheries and then released to "the wild"... ZERO in my next of the great lakes....all au natural...they way fish and records should be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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