Some of us hate you for living in the south lol, A 9# fish is getting really close to a state record in a lot of the northern states. When we catch one much over 5# we wonder if it will be the biggest for the rest of our life.
This lake is a natural oxbow formed in some prehistoric flood diverted a river, probably the Brazos, and left behind a 77 acre cut off lake. Once, it was all local strain Largemouth bass and I think the state record prior to the introduction of Florida Strain Largemouth was around 7.5 pounds.
Years ago, states, including Texas, have introduced the Florida strain fish and the weights have skyrocketed. This particular lake gets a decent amount of attention on management and one recent study indicated a population of 70 percent of the Largemouth bass having Florida genetics.
I don’t know if the Florida strain fish are in Iowa. They’ve been stocked all over the south. It’s apples to oranges, Florida strain versus native. I can’t tell the difference by looking. There’s probably precious few waters with all original fish.
I Hate to say it, but getting a really good LMB was a bit of a monkey on my back. When your daughter, your good friend, the kid down the lake catch better fish in the same water it works on the brain, mine anyways. I don’t care if they weren’t using flies. Shame on me, I’m only human.
