are you seeing very many bass over 8lbs when you dive
they usually hide during the day, and feed at night. Every bass over 8lbs I've caught from Bull were caught at night. 8lb10oz is my personal best
most bass in Bull just don;t live long enough to get that big
a decade of tournament results, and working on a boat dock for the last 16years I can count the number of 10lb bass I;ve seen/heard of on 2 fingers. They are out here, but i think the big bass genes are slowly being bred out of the largemouth population. I can't prove it , but it could be a factor. The smallmouth fishing gets better every year. HUge numbers, w/ a great average size of 14" or so.
it's been a long time since we've had the numbers of 4-5lb largemouth bass we have right now, let's pray they survive long enough to have a shot at making it to 8+ w/o getting their heads cut off ;(
have seen several 5lbers lose their heads this year, i almost shed a tear
i believe big bass are 10x smarter than their younger siblings., if you look at the big bass tournament results from past years on our area lakes it sort of proves my theory, and,you are right aarchdale, they aint easy to catch,lol