The only additional thought that comes to mind when I read Doug Hannon's thoughts (as posted by Bruce) was genetics. I looked back through his interview in In-Fisherman (Apr/May issue), and neither the author nor Doug really distinguished between northern largemouth bass and Florida largemouth bass, so I don't know what source of bass genetics he might have meant (I assume that most PB readers know that the true Florida largemouth bass are from southern Florida; even in northern Florida, they originally just had the northern genetics). Fisheries biologists know that the Florida genetics lead to fish that are heavier at a given length than the northern genetic fish. Now, Hannon could very well be right about the "obesity" factor adding to this difference. Sort of a double whammy?

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