Georgia Giants

[DHW]

Has anyone had any experience with stocking, growing or catching Georgia Giant bream?

[Crappisaurusrex]

I have seen where Southern States sells GA. hybrids. But unfortunely i dont have a pond.

[Dutch]

I have them stocked in my 5 acre pond. Excellent bream to stock in a pond, fast growing and aggressive. I stocked them 5 years ago when I drained and redid my pond. In the first year they doubled in size, now this was with a feeding program. I have caught several the last couple of years around the 2lb. mark, and I know that they are bigger ones in there, as my daughter hooked one that was as big as a dinner plate, but it broke the 4lb line on her pole. If you have a pond and love to bream fish you can't go wrong with them.

[score300]

My grandfather stocked his pond with some. I caught one that was over 2 1/2 pounds and kept in my freezer for a while. I was going to mount it until I found out it was a special bread of bream. For some reason, most of the ones we caught had gotten some sort of fungus on them that looked like colly flower. About 3 years after my grandfather stocked the pond, he sold it to a developer and the developer drained the pond to build houses. I have heard that the georgia giants are huge for the first couple of generations but start getting smaller offspring after that.

[Rangersedge]

Debra King from the hatchery where they raise Georgia Giants hangs out on www.pondboss.com some. Here is a post where they discuss GG growth rates. http://www.pondboss.com/ubb/ultimate...c;f=5;t=000368