The previous trophy LMB (records) were from California (Fla LMB imported to Calif.).
ewest,
I read stuff about the California LMB long before I was ever introduced to Pond Boss.
However, your quoted comment above probably explains a good portion of the push to the new state records in California.
I definitely did not understand the significance of Florida strain LMB genetics at the time I read those articles. Therefore, a good science writer may have mentioned that, and I only focused on the parts about RBT - which I though was fascinating stuff.
(Partly because as a youth we fished for LMB, walleye, and catfish in one set of reservoirs, and then went to Colorado to fish for rainbow trout. At that time, I experienced zero overlap between those fish species!)
