Thanks everyone -
teehjaeh57 - I fully expect the BG to get ahead of the SMB - right now I've got several hundred BG between 5-8" that were fish I stocked also in 2008. We had BG spawns even right after I put some in, in 2008 (not many though). I also put in 20-25 brown trout 7-12" over the last 2 years - and I saw and caught some of them this spring - so I know they made it over the 2 winters - but haven't seen any since. The pond got warm this summer - but I think I still had plenty of water in the 60s. I bet I've got several really big Brown trout helping me out - especially on the perch young. I'd like to catch a couple to see how big they got but they aren't too interested in standard lures - going to have to try some minnows I think.
I will say the 10000s of FH minnow disappeared 1st when the water started to lower out of the cattails and shore grasses. Hopefully enough FH minnows make it to have another great spawn in the spring when the grasses flood.
I'll keep updating this thread with information from my experiment.
