re: Louisiana's Specks Five Years Later--a fishing guides take on impact of BP spill

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I do not believe that large trout have any special genetics other than they got lucky and lived longer.

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Exactly. Trophy trout don't have special genetics like a trophy buck, they're just older, larger fish that have avoided the landing net or predators. There are many more younger smaller females who produce the vast majority of the eggs to sustain the population.

I wish I could find the article I read about this a while back. Explained it very simply.