Thanks, guys.
Tracy, you have done an incredible job fattening up those bass! I really envy your BOW alkalinity, hardness, and pH levels. Getting my aeration system in soon, followed by liming, followed by dock and boats (never ends).
If my fish grow anything close to yours, I'd be delighted.
Ewest, that's very encouraging. Bob Lusk and others say that the first LMB stocked should not be taken out, unless they are very skinny, because they benefit from growth rates that won't be equaled later on in the BOW. Harvest the second and later generations, but not the first. Sounds like you have similar thoughts.
Anthropic,
I will say this, I stocked LSL LMB from Overton's on 5/29/15 at 2 1/4 - 2 1/2"lg. I caught the first on 9/25/15 and it was 10 3/4" lg and was a fatty. I won't say your situation was impossible, maybe unlikely...but, like ewest commented, under the optimum circumstances, anything is possible. Keep an eye out for the fish...I'm sure you'll see more of her.
