Last few weeks I have been noticing a 50 to 100 fish school of fusiform fish 5 inches or so in length. Attempts to catch them in a minnow trap have failed (I suspect they cannot fit thru the opening). They intermingle freely with the schools of FHM and small SF but make no attempt to harm them. After my last attempt to trap one today, I threw the bread bait back in the pond and they attacked it with gusto.

A few months back I submitted the attached photo to the forum for ID and the fish was tentatively identified as GSH. I am pretty sure the pros got it right.

Although I never intentionally stocked them, I have concluded that GSH are now part of the pond's forage base.

Thoughts on impact to the pond or my conclusion that GSH are becoming established in the pond based on my limited evidence?


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Last edited by Bill D.; 11/14/19 03:36 PM.

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