Tom :

I will let ML answer for himself on your question. I do know what he has said in the past and you can find it with a search of forum topics using "catchability" as the key word. There are several studies as well as many years of pond owner reports that show that fla. strain LMB are more difficult to catch if fishing with art. baits. The problems seem to be much less when using live bait. See the link below. ewest

http://www.pondboss.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000262

http://www.pondboss.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=20;t=001960