Florida Strain Bass

[Moose1am]

Check with the State Fishery Biologist and I think you will get the same inforamtion that Team9 just gave to you.

Those Florida Bass have Genes that were selected for a Florida type lake environment. Natural selection at work here.

Even with the right Genetic material the colder water will slow the bass's growth rates significantly.

This is a good topic for discussion and lots of new research for all the State Fishery Depts.

I often wonder if we are taking the best genetic material out of our waters when we take trophy fish out of the lakes. I think that the main reason why the Genetic Material is not being depleted is due to the fact that most big fish have already spawned a few times and pass on the good genes before they are caught. So therefore the good genetic material is not being depleted. And with catch and release and size limits we have protected our good fish.




Regards,

Moose1am

[Topwater2004]

Well, I did some more research and found the only the first spawn will produce larger fish. This first spawn is called F1.

Then progressively, the other bass in the lake will begin to dominate the gene pool and all the bass will be the same size again.

I am just going to start moving some of the bigger fish I catch from other waters into there. That should break the in-bred school that is in there now. It will just take a long time, and I was wanting to do a general stocking.

Thanks for all the responses, when we get the lake built, I will invite you guys to come and fish it. With the research we are putting into it, we are trying to produce the best bass pond in Indiana. One that would qualify to be used to produce a Bill Dance episode when he is selling a new lure with his name on it.