Thanks for the update, Snipe!
Those prices were exactly why I was speculating about possible DIY poor-boy versions of trying to accomplish close to the same results.
100 females at $100/fish is a $10,000 project. You could build a grow-out pond, feed the bass, and pick the shooter females for much less than that, and maybe put 5 good ones in the female-only LMB main pond every year or two.
Might not produce state record LMB (like the YP aficionados are doing), but you should be able to make a pretty darn good LMB "trophy" pond if that is your goal.
