Does anyone know if you can buy Florida Strain Bass and put them in lakes in Indiana, if they will actually get bigger than normal Indiana bass?

I know it has really worked well in Texas on Lake Fork and others, but I would like some research if it has ever been tried in Indiana.

Trying to build a new lake this year, and we want to really stock it up well. We have 4 small ponds that drain into each other in like a stair step series of ponds. The plan is to dam up the last one and back them all up together, and the pond should end up being about 9 acres.

The ponds have bass and bluegill in them, but I have never caught a bass in any of them over 4lbs. I believe they are genetically inferior since they have been left alone for over 50 years in these ponds.

I would be willing to buy and ship Florida strain bass in, if I had some good information that it would work.

Any help on the subject would be appreciated.

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