Bout the time I said what I did (about the larger original stocking fish being harder to catch), last night with just about a half hour before it got dark caught two 8"+ BG of my original stockers and only one 5". A nice, plump 15" LMB too.
My statement could have more to do with what bait I was using than I thought. These fish last night were all caught on a small crank bait (hard to believe the 5" BG hit it) where most of the smaller fish I was using curly tail jigs or smaller baits. When the water was colder had a hard time getting anything to hit larger baits.
I'm a very inexperienced angler, so my catch may have reflected the bait I was using rather than what fish were actually available to catch.
I was happy to see the nice, big, plump BG. One male and one female.
Last edited by snrub; 04/08/15 11:06 AM.
