Thread: F1 Largemouth Bass

Not Crappie but an interesting article about F1 Largemouth Bass being stocked in Va waters. I've never heard of them and thought ya'll might find this interesting. Now if you ever catch one you will know what it is. I don't think they have been around long enough to be assigned a citation size.

https://dwr.virginia.gov/blog/dwrs-f...g_december2020

Interesting read for sure, but I'm not sure why DWR is selling it as a new experiment? Here's an article where they mention it in May of 2008 at Briery (check out the 2nd new paragraph on page 3). https://dwr.virginia.gov/wp-content/...ist-Report.pdf and to my knowledge, they also stocked Sandy River reservoir with them

I'm no biologist, but I don't think there is a physical difference you can see with the naked eye. The big benefit, as far as I know, is getting to a trophy size at a younger age. Plus it's rumored they fight harder. Makes sense if they have have both size and youth on their side I suppose. Personally I still feel like a 3lb river bass will fight harder than any 5lb reservoir bass though. But I am definitely intrigued by "Tiger" bass fisheries for their trophy potential. Briery and Sandy are my go-to largemouth waters. They're 90+ minutes from me, but I have a hard time wanting to go anywhere else.

Echo Lake is a little closer to town and they stocked Tigers in the Spring of 2018. It's a small fishery, definitely on the upswing here lately, but the Tigers in there are still wee pups. Echo Lake | Virginia DWR