Reviving this old post to see if anyone has something to add about LCS. While SetterGuy keeps hoping his elusive HSB will show up someday, I'm still hoping some of my original 25 LCS will show up. I have never seen any black striped yearlings as I had hoped. I did get a mature adult get caught in a big seine net about 2 years ago, so there is at least one in there
If the adults are still alive and this is the upcoming 4th spring since they went in they should be about like the picture above by now then! I stocked from the same source and at the same size as Ben A did.
I know they need clean/clear water and vegetation to lay eggs on and my pond tends stay in a bloom in the warm weather months and I have zilch for vegetation for a variety of reasons.
It might be time to set up a my son's GoPro camera as an underwater 'game camera' and see what I can find cruising around!!
I didn't see the hint Bill C gave about flowing water through a minnow trap. I will have to try that as well.