There's a learning curve there John. We talk here on the forum of using HSB to control HBG recruitment, but are we speaking hypothetically, or from experience? That's what makes your efforts so valuable to the forum as a whole, and to myself especially....I want to experiment with HSB in a predatory role also, so I appreciate what you're going through, and your willingness to share it here.
I went with mixed sex LMB as my control measure. I don't see bass overrunning my pond like what is sometimes suggested may happen, but I do have LMB growing larger than what I'm comfortable with. If HSB would work in their place, I would try them in my pond.
