Thanks for the reply abolt, thats kinda what I thought, I just thought some other states would try and duplicate their success!
Mississippi and Louisiana are starting similar programs and following Texas's lead. Louisiana is well into it already, and seeing great results with several of their top lakes. Florida started their Trophy Catch program to encourage anglers to release all bass over 8lbs so that the trophy genetics remain and those older age class fish continue to spawn and grow. Meanwhile, Alabama is draining and closing their state run lakes at a record pace.
What is MS and LA going to do? I've read some about the TX program, but don't really know much about it. Isn't the ultimate goal of the Share a Lunker program to spread FL genetics as much as possible? I wonder if there are unintended consequences to doing that? There seems to be a lot of opposition among fisheries biologists these days to moving bass around now. AuTrout, are you reading this? They have moved FL bass to so many places that it may not matter anymore.
If they aren't able to do something genetically, I'm skeptical of anyone ever making our AL lakes compare to TX. I watched some of that tournament and one of the guys had a limit the last day of 7 and 8 pounders with a 6-10 dink as the smallest. When the BASS Open came to Lake Martin last fall, the biggest bass caught was a 4-10. I don't think any restrictions they can come up with will ever make those lakes comparable.
