Cecil not sure who wrote that but BassandGrass has the terms correct. Not sure who even came up with the terms gorilla or tiger. However American Sportfish has used them and they are the ones promoting F1 (for probably more but) at least 6 years. THE GORILLA IS A NORTHERN SELECTED FOR AGRESSIVE NATURE. I posted this same response back last year. I call them F1 bass but Tiger bass is now became main stream so I say that more now.
Now on the response from this guy on another board. I agree with his last comments basically about forage being key to growing big bass. However I do not make false claims. I sell the bass at the same price I sell any other bass so why lie. The F1's have grown to over 5 lbs in 18 months. Avg growth over 3 lbs in 1.5 years. Again growth much less when folks have improper pond mgmt in place.
As far as the TX research....I can believe the 3/4 lb in 6 months deal. That is about right. It's the next spring and summer where you can almost watch them grow. They put on serious weight not just length during the second growing season. Also I have not compared pure northern to the F1's. However major point here is the research was commericial fed only. In a pond you have fish not just supplemental food and in my expereince these tiger bass do not eat food anyway when stocked as 2" fingerlings. So predictable the northern did better on feed. It might be scary how fast Tiger bass could grow if trained on food an then stocked with good forage base. This is not a "GA giant" this is a legit advantage if you live in the south where they will make it. Comments welcome as always.
