Three sad reasons Florida will always have bigger trout.

[capt coonassty]

If I remember correctly Floridas estuaries lack enough nutrients, unlike any of Louisiana's. Nutrients start primary production, this brings in forage, and the fish follow. I really don't think this guy really knows anything about fish biology. He mentions the thin gill plates(assuming he means the operculum) and turbidity. Yes if the turbidity is too high it can suppress gill function and a fish can suffocate. But this condition would usually be at the mouths of fresh rivers and bayous with low salinity where these larger trout would be anyway.