Originally Posted by Dudley Landry
When Florida bass and native LMB are stocked together, has any study been done regarding the aggressiveness of the resulting crosses?

There has been such research in the 15 years since the question. I will find the info and check back. IIRC the adding of only a small % of Northern genes offsets the negative aggressiveness of Fla LMB. The same for size - small % of Northern genes still allows for Fla LMB size to be retained.