Essup, if I were to stock 12+ inch tigers would they be large enough to not get eaten right away?? Also, the river is adjacent to the lake but not directly connected to it, just seepage through the ground and takes about 2 days to level out with the river. I am gathering that I need to concentrate on removal of the carp to help the BG spawn, and remove large numbers of LMB to help with predator/prey ratios. The main use of the tigers would be to help control the LMB population? Not so much the carp? I do feel like it's going to be difficult to get ahead of the reproducing carp population...

Bill D, I currently live near you in Poplar Grove but the pond is located near Rockton IL. Do you have any advice on possibility of establishing forage species or concentrate on removing hungry mouths? Or both? I plan on adding as much cover as possible on the ice this year, and maybe ice fish with some buddies to take out some LMBs and have a fish fry.

Thanks for all the advice guys, I really appreciate it!!