Historically, all of the largest (U.S.) LMB were taken from the deep southeastern states. Then there was suddenly a period (early 90s?) where many very large LMB (20#+) were taken in California.
Articles were written that the LMB world record would likely be broken from one of these California reservoirs. I also recall articles that attributed these record bass to the intense management of rainbow trout in those reservoirs.***
Perhaps adding RBT to the pre-existing food chain of the LMB significantly contributed to the development of trophy bass.
*** (Everything written above the asterisks is from my foggy recollections of articles read a long time ago. Even if my recollections are accurate, I don't know if the articles were written by actual experts. Everyone should feel free to correct any "BS" they see above!)
