Originally posted by ealong59:
Anyone stocking any hybids as forage species is a very foolish person. I don't look at the GG as a forage species and neither should anyone else, because it isn't!
Did I miss something? Who said they were stocking GG for forage?
This is not a statement on the value of GG, but in my humble opinion, there is a profound difference between attempting to establish a sunfish pond and using a predator as an adjunct, vs. trying to establish a predator pond and using a lepomis species for forage. You can say any derogatory things you want about sunfish hybrids, but you can't say they aren't willing participants in the angling game. Therefore, if the goal is increasing CPUE, then achieving that goal is a slam dunk. If you feel a particular forum member isn't being scientific, then it would be advisable to produce your own scientific research to the contrary.
