what you have in California is the perfect environment to grow trophy bass- nothing wrong with that- the same can be said for some of the Mexican lakes, the more they clamp down on commercial fishing in trophy lakes, especially with gill nets, the better chance 20+ fish will come from south of the border. Those fish are getting fat on tilapia and other natives, but they too have the advantage of good genetics in a very good environment to grow trophies. Bagwell's article was pretty good, sometimes he seems kind of kooky but he definetly got that one pretty good. The biggest momma of them all got that big in a Georgia backwater, so I don't see any reason for right coasters to have a problem with the fish back east not being able to compete. I do like the fact that the boys in Texas are busting their ass to catch up with Cali, all the while seeing nothing but tail lights!! I'm no biologist, but there are probably 10-15 lakes in California that have an honest 20 swimming in them, or a good shot at growing one. How cool is that??? }(