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48-Pound Trout: World Record or Genetic Cheat?

Posted September 17, 2009 9:28 AM

From Wired Top Stories:

In an age of biotechnological juicing, not even the easygoing pastime of fishing is free from controversies over artificial enhancement. On September 5, Saskatchewan fisherman Sean Konrad caught a 48-pound, world-record rainbow trout. The fish came from Lake Diefenbaker, where trout genetically engineered to grow extra-big escaped from a fish farm nine years ago.

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Re: 48-Pound Trout: World Record or Genetic Cheat?

09/18/2009 9:56 AM

...will I use flies or ducks to catch one...?

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