The more North you go the hotter it gets as you move closer to the equator. Massive Tigerfish and huge catfish that lurk in the water. In South Africa you can find tigerfish only in the Pongolapoort Dam aka Jozini Lake. However the more north you go outside the borders of SA the weirder the and the bigger the fish seem to get. I know Tigerfish and Bass arent exactly alike, but both of them are predatory fish. Both love oxygen rich warm water.
With al the instable politics of the african nations and all the corruption and horrible take overs that happend in Zimbabwe, I think the waters was left alone for some time leaving the bass to grow even bigger than was before. People dont like to visit the hostile countries because frankly, its a bit of a headache bribing the border patrol to let you in and if something goes wrong you dont have much of a backup.
Because the border countries north of South Africa, like Zim, Namibia, Botswane and maybe even Mosambique is fished much less than SA and the climate is much hotter and with more natural forage in the lakes, There must be absolute LUNKERS in there. Imagine a team of guys going out and targeting monster bass in africa for 100days, like they did in the US before. Im pretty sure Africa has great chances to hold the current world record bass.
If a tiger fish can grow to over 100lb in Central africa, wich normally grows to only about 30lb the more south you go, then surely chances are great that Bass can evolve to become bigger to adapt to the new habbitat. Not sure how long that takes, but one fact remains, they say everything is bigger in texas....come see what happens in Africa.
Any one up for funding such a trip? With complete army for protection, an entire medical team and a energy station providing Fuel and electricity because these countries lack infrastructure to offer these things?
