Quote Originally Posted by MOfishmgr View Post
Not necessarily. Crappie growing well rarely live past age 5. So if it's 13 inches or longer it has very little time left. Fish in their last years will produce fewer eggs per pound than those middle-aged 10 inchers. I always tell folks to hook and cook the big ones and don't feel guilty about it.
Well this just made me curious about something.....women are limited as to the number of eggs they have, and that number may be determined at birth (?). So if humans have a finite number, is that true of other species?