From the last 20 years, this is the biggest we have seen. We had a big year class in 1998.

I'm incredibly boring; I had a very happy childhood. I never starved, nor did I have a silver spoon in my mouth. I'm one of those terribly middle-of-the-road, British middle class, South London gents.

My guess is they are looking for food, and there are not many alewives around. The fact they are eating yellow perch does surprise me.

We are still not out of the ballpark; they have to make it through this winter. They have to hit 50 millimeters [about 2 inches] to be able to survive over winter. A lot of the ones we looked at in Michigan were in the 30- to 40-millimeter range. They usually quit growing about Sept. 15.

Admit that there is some level that would make even you call yourself the victim of class war.

This is going to really be first-class.