Tom, your question leads to genetic traits. By judging the knowledge of this board, pure Florida bass are somewhat shy. Almost everyone wants the aggressive characteristics of the native northern bass. The goal is to achieve the weight of a pure FL species, with the bite of a northern. That's where (in my opinion) the ultimate LMB arrives...the F1. They go by many names...the first generation cross between the two. I (personally) believe that many generations down from the F1 reproduce trophy bass. (although, I consider a 6-8 lb a trophy)
The resistance you see stocking pure Florida bass is that others have stocked them and they have sub-par catch rates. I would recommend a few bass of the northern variety to create your own F1 mix.
Here is a nice F1, F2, or F3 that came from our 2 acre, 50 yr. old pond.
