I will check for the Okla study but IIRC in one site where the pond froze over for 2 weeks all the Flas died but I need to check on this. I do recall that no benefit was gained by using Flas and growth was not as good overall as with Northerns.
They definitely noted some "ice" mortality of the Florida Bass in the study I linked. However, it did not appear that ice mortality was even close to 100% (in that study).
"The ponds were continuously covered with ice more than 6 inches thick for several weeks during December 1983 through January 1984. We saw two dead bass under the ice in Bass Pond during this period. Approximately four 1- to 2-pound bass were found dead in Bass Pond during March 1989, presumably due to cold stress. Until 1994, no other bass die-offs were documented in either pond. These ponds were not monitored daily, so it is possible that a partial bass die-off, such as the one seen in March 1989, could have occurred without being noticed."The Florida strain LMB did survive for 14 years in their larger pond, when they finally ended the study.
However, the southern border of Kansas is a long way north of Ardmore, OK!
