David Bliss....

I had Overton's place some adult northern largemouth bass in my pond this Fall exactly for that reason. Catch-abilty. Several studies show that northern largemouth bass are more likely to hit a lure. Northerns don't get as big, but they are easier to catch than the pure Florida strain Bass. I guess the F1 is a combo of the two, but I wanted some northerns because I am more concerned with me and guests catching fish vs trophy fish. You should consider getting some northern adult black bass stocked into your mix.

"The real eye opener was that the percentage of Floridas by shock was irrelevant to the catch rate on lures. In the lure group the winner, hands down, were the Northern bass. In other words both populations were there and saw the lures but an overwhelming majority of the fish that got caught (just as Dr. Garrett had said), were the Northern strain (native). Garrett had said that in one sampling only one fish out of 100 caught was a Florida."
http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/smart_bass.html


"Northern (native) largemouth bass can reach 10+ pounds
and they are much easier to catch than Florida largemouth bass"
http://sepond.com/fish-stocking/largemouth-bass

"We have good scientific information on this
topic, and the consensus is that Florida largemouth
bass are in fact more difficult to catch
than northern largemouth"
http://sfrc.ufl.edu/allenlab/Popular%20Articles/18_DrMikeAllen_Nov_11.pdf[u][/u]

Fishing has never been about the fish....