ewest thanks for the info. I am thinking about going with f1's but i wanted to mix some native with them. Do you think thats a good idea or should i stay with just f1.
Cajun, there are a few fishery guys here in Texas who are not convinced about the catchability of pure Florida bass being different than that of native bass. I beleive there are studies that say different to that opinion. Which makes my head spin on who is right. However, the evidence is clear that pure florida bass do get larger. If your goals are to grow trophy bass, you may want to consider only pure Floridas. If Trohy is your goal finding pure Floidas is your next task.
Greg Grimes has as much expereince with this as anyone I know and if he says there is a difference than I would go with that. For me the real question is how much size are you willing to give up to catch more fish. Or said in other words how do you QUANTIFY harder to catch. Size is easy to quantify, "catchability" is a bit more subjective.
If your goals are to grow big fish with a few trophies than the Tigre or F1 sounds like a good bet. If this is your goal I would tend to go with a 50% FI's 25% native and 25% Floridas. There are many opinions on this subject and getting a defentive "correct" answer is not as easy as I thought it would be. The more I learn, study, and ask questions of those in the know, the more I am leaning towards recommending a heavier Florida or all Florida stocking; providing your goals are to grow really big bass.
