I figured I may as well weigh in on this topic.
I have pellet trained LMB in my pond. They were stocked in the summer of 2009 at 6"-8". They have been on AM 600 since day one and are the first to show at the dinner table. They have already started feeding pretty aggressively this year. I caught one this year that was 16" and pushing 3 lbs.
My goals are to raise big BG, so pellet trained LMB are not the ideal predator in my pond. I will say that they have grown very quickly and are very healthy fish. I would rather the BG eat the AM 600 and the LMB eat the BG
So, the master plan this year is to allow the LMB to spawn and produce lots of hungry non feed trained LMB babies. Once the spawn is over, I plan to take out the feed trained bass and transfer them to another BOW nearby. The location of their new home will be kept confidential as the owner does not want other PB members to bother him for fishing rights. Plus, I told Scott (esshup) that I would keep it a secret
Sample of what will be evicted this summer:
