We are actively looking for Spotted Bass and may seek to be a supplier ourselves. We need to have lots of Spotted Bass for a food-fish trial where they will be compared to LMB used to supply the live-fish market. It is fun wading through the legal code trying to see how it can be done.
I want to culture native stock rather than import a strain from down south. Not 100 yards from our ponds we have a strong Spotted Bass population that is generally considered invasive at the expense of Smallmouth Bass. The Spotted Bass moved in only a couple decades ago, possibly through natural range expansion. Not all Smallmouth Bass stocks are handling that well. In one location, where I did crayfish work about 20 years ago, a lot of hybrids were evident that have now been largely replaced by Spotted Bass.
