Will fatheads really persist enough even if allowed to establish first once predators are introduced? I got the impression they are pretty slow moving and kind of swimming meals for larger fish.
I am no pond expert like many here, but I can tell you of my pond. I added 90 lbs of FHM's starting back in November and another 30 lbs in February. I had no lmb just CNBG and RES. The FHM's spawned many times to where there were thousands of them in the pond. I stocked CBLMB 2" fingerlings the first week of June and today will see maybe a couple of hundred at the feeders. Out of thousands to 200, that's a lot of missing fat heads. The growing rate on the CBLMB (provided by Overton's fishery) is said to be maybe 3 lbs+ per yr providing the proper food is available to them. I think I might have some in the pond this winter but they will be gone by any new lmb fry next spring.
