trout spawning?

["W"]

Originally Posted by TheLongRun

From fingerling (An inch or two) to 12 inches in a year? That's incredible. The hatcheries are overstocking

Know your Trout Facts

Growth

The growth rate of spotted seatrout differs between males and females, with females growing faster. Approximate lengths at various years of age are given in the following table.
AGE MALE FEMALE
1 9" 8"
2 14" 17"
3 17" 20"
4 18" 23"
5 18" 24"
6 19" 25"
7 19" 26"

[TheLongRun]

http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/cynosc_nebulo.htm

The avg life span of a spotted seatrout is 18 years. The most exponential growth rate does occur in year 1, however, I'm not sure that will get you to 12", from plankton stage.

Cite for your info?

["W"]

Originally Posted by TheLongRun

http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/cynosc_nebulo.htm

The avg life span of a spotted seatrout is 18 years. The most exponential growth rate does occur in year 1, however, I'm not sure that will get you to 12", from plankton stage.

Cite for your info?

L M M F A O..........Dude there is no trout in the world that lived 18 freaken years......

[Ray]

LSU research guys said most Trout live between 4 to 5 years.
Only a few live past that.

["W"]

http://www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/pdfs...ckledtrout.pdf

http://www.txsaltwaterfishingguides....acts/Trout.htm

Area research shows our trout live approximately 7-9 years with a growth rate of about ½ lb. per year with growth possibly slowing in the 3rd year to approximately ¼ lb. per year.

[mikedatiger]

Originally Posted by "W"

http://www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/pdfs...ckledtrout.pdf

http://www.txsaltwaterfishingguides....acts/Trout.htm

Area research shows our trout live approximately 7-9 years with a growth rate of about ½ lb. per year with growth possibly slowing in the 3rd year to approximately ¼ lb. per year.

This can't be right as it would put the "average" 8 year old trout at less than 3lbs…
Age Weight Gain/Yr Cumulative Weight
1 0.5 0.5
2 0.5 1
3 0.5 1.5
4 0.25 1.75
5 0.25 2
6 0.25 2.25
7 0.25 2.5
8 0.25 2.75

Even at a half pound per year you only reach 4lbs at year 8.

["W"]

TheLongRun...you should get ban for saying that but thanks for the new sig....

[TheLongRun]

You right, you right. I should not have said average. I should have said oldest recorded. I was way off. Based on ootholith records, the spotted sea trout has been known to live UP TO 18 years.

I also think the data supports (yours mine and others) that sexual maturity is more than one year from planktonic fry to harvestable fish.

[TheLongRun]

But if ya wanna ban me, that'd be pretty funny!

["W"]

It said after 1st 3 years its half pound and that is going to differ from estuary

[noodle creek]

haha i knew this would turn into an argument as soon as W made the statement about not hurting anything to keep a big one. someone always has to get upset. i swear the people that complain about keeping big trout are probably liberals. i mean what are we gonna do when we keep all the big ones and there's no more trout in the lake?

[TheLongRun]

Huh? What on earth led you to that conclusion? I thought we were discussing growth rates of trout? I think we can all agree that size limits are based on sexual maturity. Meaning it's legal to take. The debate isnt about "liberals" trying to stop you from keeping that big fish. If they make 12 inches, fry em. If they are huge, mount em.

[SULPHITE]

Originally Posted by TheLongRun

If they are huge, mount em.

[TheLongRun]

Originally Posted by SULPHITE

See, now THAT is signature worthy.

["W"]

Here is the deal....1 don't keep big trout (only because their not the good eating ones)

Now that the limits are 15 trout per person it don't matter if you keep every trout you catch because you killed the big trout system with that limit change

So all the big trout guys who wanted the 15 trout limit should be happy happy happy that you will never see 5 9-10lb trout caught during the Star again...

[TheLongRun]

Really does suck about the 15 limit. Still 25 on my piece of water.

[TheLongRun]

It would be interesting to see if there is data available about the viability of the spawn, based on eggs released.

I still don't think the "liberals" are after your fish though

[noodle creek]

i don't want to get off topic of this thread, but just once i want an explanation of why changing the limits to 15 fish and letting all the big trout go is better for our fishery than everyone keeping 25 and all the big fish they catch. it's just confusing to me that our limits got changed over here without a good explanation as to why it was done or why we needed a change. a few select people got their way with this, and there's no telling what will come next.

["W"]

Originally Posted by noodle creek

i don't want to get off topic of this thread, but just once i want an explanation of why changing the limits to 15 fish and letting all the big trout go is better for our fishery than everyone keeping 25 and all the big fish they catch. it's just confusing to me that our limits got changed over here without a good explanation as to why it was done or why we needed a change. a few select people got their way with this, and there's no telling what will come next.

You want to know why it got changed......
Jack Lawton, Jr., Bob Bush, Gus Schram III,

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by "W"

You want to know why it got changed......
Jack Lawton, Jr., Bob Bush, Gus Schram III,

seems like its always Bush's fault