Originally Posted by Bill Cody
...Those Texans with poor SMB raising success were Chris Steelman and our mentor BobLusk. Maybe one of these guys will update us about their experience with Texas SMB? Based on your interview results your efforts may be better focused on HSB or LMB. SMB tolerate the heat however they need constant amounts of high DO. I raised some in a pond that developed 90F water.
Bill, as of 3 years ago Bob still had them. Quite the tussle with a light weight flyrod.
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TJ and I have kicked around a SMB/LMB breeding combo down here. IIRC, his window for a positive verification of male SMB is relatively small, so my schedule would have to be open during his spawning period. Meanmouth's are already naturally occurring in some TX lakes, so my thought is long term sustainability should be fine.

Logistical and time considerations are probably more demanding than the actual cross breeding aspect.

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Last edited by FireIsHot; 05/14/20 11:38 AM.
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