I tried the crappie minnow size F-1's and am convinced that I got very little survival. Since none of this stuff is affordable anyway, I would go with the larger ones next time. I don't know the breakdown on price but if I only got 25 to 30% survival, I'm already paying more for the stockers. I also had wall to wall fatheads and bluegill to take the pressure off the new bass but think babies are just more delicate.

As far as the water turkeys go, I think you are just screwed like the rest of us. Talk to Meadowlark. It's one of his favorite subjects.

I like larger stockers for another reason. I stocked 2 sizes of channel cats, 3-4 and 10-12 inchers. Four years later some of my fish are in the 7 pound range and some in the 3 to 4 pound range. I think the original stocking size is the difference. Maybe not.

I think I would go with more redears. You don't get much recruitment out of them since they only spawn once per year compared to bluegills 4 or 5 times.

Damn, I'm good at spending your money.