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Been nearly three months since I stocked my 50 6-8" hsb. Use to see them feeding and also chasing small spinners up to the bank. Never have caught one but did see them on a regular basis until about two weeks ago. Have not seen them feeding (i put them in on the side I still feed on) and have not caught one. They have become more elusive than the res (cannot believe how much they have grown in a years time) I have not seen any floaters so I assume they are still in there some where but we fish the pond nearly everynight and I would have thought we would have hooked into one by now. Any thoughts? Is this just normal for hsb. The only thing I can think of is that they are gorging themselves on the thousands of yoy sunfishes that are everywhere.
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It is possibly they have large amounts forage and are not chasing artificial baits.
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i put 8+ inch hsb in my pond over 3 years ago and saw them last year at the feeder for about 4 days and haven't caught one yet, but i have a 5 acre 33 feet deep pond. everybody i ask tells me a different reason why i haven't seen or caught any.
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I would say they are as deep as they can be.
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I would say your prob right cjb. Everything else in the pond has become increasinly difficult to catch on artificial bait. We are trapping minnows and yoy bg/hbg to use as bait. This is working on all the other fish except for the hsb. And I do imagine with the increase in water temps in the past few weeks they have move into deeper water.
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