I don't want to discourage your dream. In the wild, in my experience, they usually take over all sizes of BOWs. You're theory is an interesting one though. Let's see more replies. I'm intrigued.

And there are no stupid questions. If there were, I would have been booted a long time ago. grin

Also, just to throw another species into the conversation, are paddlefish legal in West Virginia? That's a fish with some history too.