Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose What can one expect, native LMB vs CB?

I have not seen one written or factual article/report of outbreeding depression in Fla X Northern (F-1 or Fx) LMB. My personal belief is that they are so close genetically that they are not hybrids and do not exhibit outbreeding depression like HBG or other sunfish or other species crosses. There are large regions of the SE US (most of it) , TX and Cal where there are large populations of natural integrade Fx LMB with out any reports of outbreeding depression.

No doubt that in many fish species including BG and LMB catchability is a heritable trait. That does not mean that CB have better catachability in an entire population than other Fla LMB. Some individuals and their offspring may have better catchability than some Fla LMB lines.