" Tiger Bass"...........?

[Bluebasser86]

To be honest, I fished a place that has them.  They seemed more aggressive only that they hit the lure a little harder.  They still were highly disinterested in some baits and were not extremely interested in chasing when it was not their happy time.  In the end, bass are bass and nothing is going to change that.

That's a better description than I made. They are just as difficult to get to bite as an other bass, but when they decide to strike it is extremely aggressive. They were actually really selective the week I got to fish for them, but when they decided they wanted a bait, they destroyed it. Certainly were not easier to catch by any means, not in my experience anyways. 

[etommy28]

Bill Dance fishes private stocked lakes, one I know he films on a lot is Bienville plantation in N FL

[KyakR]

Flyfisher's article was amazing! There was a discussion fairly recently here about behavioral differences in bass species that also references the genetic aspect of aggressiveness, but this pulls it together for me. I enjoy watching Bill Dance too, except for all that x#@ fish-kissing.

[flyfisher]

Flyfisher's article was amazing! There was a discussion fairly recently here about behavioral differences in bass species that also references the genetic aspect of aggressiveness, but this pulls it together for me. I enjoy watching Bill Dance too, except for all that x#@ fish-kissing.

i think you mean Jimmy Houston....he is the notorious fish kisser.  

[WRB]

Sorry Tom but can argue with the Pond Boss Bob Lusk, that's from a letter he sent my buddy James R. Snider who put Tiger Bass in his pond.

Pretty sure Mr. Lusk's qualifications are a tad bit higher than yours.

I reread the two articles in this thread and will agree to disagree.

Tiger bass are extremely aggressive northern strain bass breed. Gorilla bass are F1 hybrid between agressive tiger bass and aggressive pure Florids bass, according to the information posted. As I stated before CA has hundreds of lakes where pure strain Florida bass were stocked into lakes with pure strain of northern bass = F1. The fact pure FLMB are difficult to catch is true, but some of the more agressive can be caught on jigs, big worms and swimbaits. Take a look at Butch Browns vedio's, all pure FLMB or natural F1's.

Have a Merry Christmas and go catch some big tiger or gorilla bass, we could use more aggressive bass in our lakes.

Tom

[KyakR]

My apologies to Bill Dance! Jimmy I'm a gunnin' for ya