Nice link Pottsy...I live north of Nashville,Tenn in an area known as the highland rim which is sort of a big highland but rolling foothills tha surrounds Nashville which is down in kind of a bowl. I recently began to consider the option of stocking SMB in this area and whether they would make it ot not. This is the state of the world record SM but from a deep reservoir much further east of here but not further north. As well we have some pretty good stream and river fishing for smallmouths around here. As much as I would love to stock nothing but Fla.Strain LMB and Coppernose I don't know if they can take our worst winter or not. I would hate to go through several years of bringing them up only to have a very cold winter (once every 5 years or so)kill off my fish. We are in a tricky spot geographically as it's not south enough or north enough to be perfect for either (IMHO) but it sure makes for 4 true seasons of the year.
It would seem like to me that getting some serious circulation of water or a strong spring feeding the pond would be suitable for Smallmouth.