Jason

I wouldn't stress on your water quality...I've lost fish many times in exactly this scenario you're describing and it was due to handling , transport, and stocking stress [early career mistakes]...had new morts daily popping up and it had me all colors of freaked out. I'm 99.9999% certain a fresh batch of BG will be just fine provided you temper them appropriately into your pond to eliminate chemistry and temperature shock. The fact your hatchery didn't seem surprised you had morts suggests to me they've been having similar problems with other customers lately - so I wouldn't lose sleep over the BG issues.

Lastly, consider pushing your LMB stocking until the Autumn or 2020 to allow your BG and FHM to proliferate and provide an ample forage base leading to quick LMB growth. Call anytime we can walk through all this stuff together.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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