While I agree that you may only get 5 to 10% survival rate from stocking yoy florida largemouth what we are after is genetics. So let's say 300 bass were stocked and 15 to 30 make it to adulthood. In that case we have introduced 15 to 30 pure strain Florida bass. That is significant when corrective stocking pure strain Floridas. I would have recommended stocking 2000 Florida bass fingerlings so that you would have gotten 100 to 200 adult fish to boost genetics.
One thing I have recommended to people, if you are worried about taking all bass that were stocked this year is to stick to your slot limit. Harvest, harvest, harvest over next two years. It will take that long for new Florida bass to get large enough to be in your slot limit. Then you can lay off your harvesting program for a year or two as those fish continue to grow. One caveat to this is that you harvest harvest harvest now. If you are after taking out 1000 pounds make sure you get as close to that as possible.
Last edited by Chad Fikes; 07/26/10 11:52 PM.
