Stocking bass is unrealistic due to our climate and how slowly they grow. Here are 2 good reads on the LM bass,
http://aquanic.org/publicat/usda_rac/efs/srac/722fs.pdf
and the growth rate chart of LM in a hot climate,
http://fishing.about.com/library/wee...s/bl010101.htm
We would have to grow them in tanks for nearly three years to make any decent sized bass, because they won't survive our alberta climate on thier own. That would make them about $100 a fish vs the trout at $5 for the same 12" size. And then you would have pet fish, not the wild scrappy ones that everyone wants.
I myself will be travelling to BC for my first crack at bass fishing, but the reality of bass in alberta is we can't grow them naturally, not the right enviroment for them.