Found a heartbreaker today. Stocked 1st 100 WE in my upper 2 acre pond 04/08/21 , second batch was October that year .As DD is fond of saying "go to sleep with mouth open, wake up with full tummies" . Over 100 lbs of FH and GSH stocked over the year before + hundreds of 2-4' YP and 4-6' YP. Today while feeding The Optimal found a 23" WE with excess stomach skin, would have been a fatty if the skin had been filled out. Possibly, ??possibly ??, a plastic bait swallowed and blocking intestines?? It was a beautiful fish for almost exactly 3 years in a 2 acre farm pond.(23" measured flat, not over curvature ) If SAE outperform, watch out .
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