survival of fry will depend on a lot of things - but mostly habitat. Survival would be the best when stocked in a new pond. It will be interesting to see how any you are able to sample in 2016. If you know of any local ponds/lakes with established GS populations, visit the pond and notice the type of cover-habitat in that pond. Try to imitate that habitat. Note panfish will reradily eat fish fry until the fry get larger at about 3/4"-1" long and are better, faster swimmers. Then from 1"-5" long the bass feed on the GS pretty heavily.
Since you are in NF why do you not consider/use tilapia (vegetarian) to supplement your pond's food web? The occasional winter cold snaps could cause sluggish small tilapia which are easy food for the bass. Tilapia are also good guests to dinner.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 02/24/14 09:54 AM.
