Originally Posted By: JamieE
Shorty, why do you say the first stocking of SMB will likely be tough to catch? Because there will be so few or because they will get educated quickly and become hook shy?


In a nutshell, lot's of food and very little competition. You can get around hook shyness by mixing up the lures that you fish with.

I have GSH in my pond and a very large size class of 6" GSH that are simply too large for my "petite" SMB to utilize, but they are just about perfect size for the small number of SMB that I initially stocked.