If you feed the BH a good quality fish pellet and start with 3"-5" fish they will grow to 9"-10" in two years and 11"- 13" in 3 years. I grew yellow BH in a cage for 3 years. They tolerate well cage life and lower water quality. A strong LMB population will keep the BH recruitment numbers to a minimum. Controlling the numbers of LMB will determine how many new YOY BH survive each year (young of year).

Last edited by Bill Cody; 10/14/18 07:56 PM.

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