3 minutes ago, gimruis said:

So are you saying that northern strain largemouth which are caught in the north could be partial Florida strain largemouth? That’s doesn’t seem possible in far northern locations. It’s just way too cold for half the year. Plus, how would Florida strain largemouth even get into lakes and rivers in the far north? Not like they’re being stocked.

 

I’m very skeptical that there’s largemouth bass in the lakes I fish that have partial Florida strain genetics.

 

Further south, yes, certainly possible.

No. Just saying that the northern and FL all-tackle records will need to have genetic analysis done to prove they are pure before they will accept them going forward. They will not accept hybrids into either category. Very unlikely anything north of the Ohio R isn’t pure northern, but certainly anything south of there could be hybrid. Same goes for Alabama bass and spotted bass (no hybrids), and a couple other new categories. Still early in this process, so things could change or evolve yet.

That’s one heck of a bass, for up here.  And to think I’m still looking for one 1/2 that weight! 🤪

10 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

That's the one I was talking about in my reply, but I thought it was last year.

That one was in August way past the spawn. No bed fishing, and they were smashing largemouth too. I believe Andy Morgan got 93lbs of LM one day.

3 hours ago, PhishLI said:

That one was in August way past the spawn. No bed fishing, and they were smashing largemouth too. I believe Andy Morgan got 93lbs of LM one day.

Okay, well I was talking about the MLF event during the spawn.