How big we're the LMB at stocking ? Did the talipia overwinter or die off ?
Did the TFS spawn ?

IMO surveying 10 mth old LMB during the spawn or just after is not going to tell you much. A seine survey only requires a couple of runs 40 feet long.

Best temps are around 70 F when O 2 is high at all/most depths. An ESS is only a small sample. ESS over the LMB spawn can be used to reduce yoy LMB survival. I would only ESS over BG when bedding if I wanted to reduce the BG spawn survival .

In answer to your # 3 I would say not much that you can't tell otherwise. -- to early in the population cycle . As a general matter you do not need to manage the original LMB stockers but instead it's their offspring that must be managed.

Last edited by ewest; 02/14/16 07:30 PM.