Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain micro sunfish for forage??

Just checked research - says PS females lay 1,600-2,500 eggs - then another source says up to 15,000. Not sure if they are multiple spawners. BG can lay up to 80,000 and are multiple spawners. Those details suggest that PS should serve as a perfect panfish species for northern ponds, including those with management performed by limited gape predator species [YP, HSB, SMB, WE, BCP]. However, Dr Dave Willis has reported high density, stunted populations of PS in fisheries managed by SMB. My confusion is obvious...Dave can you shed any light on this?