ML :

After reading your last post I began to wonder if I had failed to include the full data on the F1 bass I will be stocking in this falls expir. I did not go back and check the prior posts to be sure. I may not have been clear. To the best of my understanding the F1s to be stocked are pellet trained to a point { not sure to what size} then they are placed in ponds with a forage base to grow out to 8-10 in. It is not the pellet training that is unusual it is the genetics. These fish are the offspring of brood stock specially selected for aggressiveness. Both the female { fla.} and male { nort.} parents are a result of years of selective breeding for this purpose. It is like most cattle operations as you know. Pick the cows and bulls with the wanted traits - breed study the results - breed again and over time " hopefuly " you get what you were trying for. But in any case it is the genes not the learned behavior {pellet training} that makes the difference. The mail is on the way . More to follow in a week or so. ewest