As for the St of KS, Flas don't make it here. When temps get below 55 for very long they just don't do well. On the Map, the NW circle is Cedar Bluff res in KS. Fla's were stocked in 94, 95 and 96. All were tagged. No tags were ever reported, returned or caught by state sampling methods other than eletrofishing in the year they were stocked.
Snipe, I was hoping you would drop into this thread.
1.) Do you think there is a chance that F1s could outperform the growth rate and survivability of northern strain LMB at catscratch's location?
2.) I think his idea to improve the genetics of his northern strain LMB is probably a better idea. Do you (or any of the State fisheries people) know the likely provenance of his original bass? (Probably a watershed lake. I bet catscratch could probably determine when it was built, and roughly when it was stocked.) If so, what would be a source of different northern strain bass that would be beneficial to his future LMB population?
