Ewest, i guess what I am thinking, maybe incorrectly, was if i add F1s I can make the LMB population more aggressive and less hook shy. The place i work is a retreat for pastors who are burned out and thinking of leaving ministry. We host 2 groups a week of up to 15 people per group so the ponds get heavy fishing pressure. I would not have the budget at work to add F1s directly but I can bring them into my home pond and then share some of the offspring over the years. I am also assuming the current LMB where i work in SC are Florida strain but would have been stocked before I started working there.
Jpsdad, the place i work would be a perfect location for your experiment related to ponds and relative size of consumed prey. The main pond is 23’ deep and averages 12’ over 12 acres. We have 8 aerators, 3 feeders and booming populations of BG, RES, and TFS. It was originally dug as a sand mine for road construction so the bottom is not a bowl but peaks and valleys with submerged timber long one side and a gradual slope along the other. There are 2 submerged road beds coming to and from an island in the middle that serve as bedding sites.
