GSF are not a bad sportfish. I used to catch them all the time in non-maintained ponds and back creeks in Texas when I was a kid. Never knew that they were GSF until I found this site, I thought they were Pumpkinseeds. They're quite willing to grab a small roadrunner or beetle spin.

I wonder if GSF + a few HSB would be a viable stocking strategy for smaller ponds.


Ponds in TX, lake place in WI, me in CA