Bob, I'm probably closer to you than I am IOTA. Good to hear from you! I wanted LM bass but decided on HSB's for 2 reasons and I may be wrong in both cases. I hope someone will chime in on this. For one they dont reproduce so I'm not worried about overpopulation. Second, for such a large fish, it looks like they have relatively smaller mouths than LMB. I figured they wouldn't do as much damage on the larger HBG's. email me if you want to chat.