OK. There maybe some caveats, but I can flow with RES will stunt, say at a fish farm, when the food chain comes up short. The same should hold for LMB, SMB, CC, BG, and others. Stunting can be avoided via feeding but RES resist pellet training.
KNOWNS:
1 The central management issue with Crappie is an unpredictable eventual explosive spawn that occurs earlier than the other sport fish.
2 Sport fish generally stunt when population outstrips forage.
3 Minnows multiply prolifically when bass are absent.
4 BG overpopulate unless managed.
5 RES reproduce fractionally compared to BG and Crappie, as well more predicatably than Crappie.
6 5-10 lbs BG to 1 lb LMB is subtractive to net harvested lbs.
7 Large RES will predate on small RES fry.
8 RES are tasty, like crappie.
Though not at 10:1, the elimination of sunfish/smallfish predation by LMB or Crappie ought to increase fish pond poundage production.
A lot of energy has been put into BG and Crappie ponds, as well as pellet training RES with limited success. I'm fishing around, ah hem, for folks who've "managed" a RES only pond vs the RES only pond was "attempted" ie, we put some fish in there.
Of course, any and all tidbits of RES reports of all attempts are appreciated.
Thanks snrub, I gleamed all possible from those links!
Last edited by SoSauty; 09/22/14 07:17 PM.
