I really like the hybrids (HBG and RESxGSF cross) in my main pond. When fishing gets tough the hybrids and the GSF come through. They bite like GSF but grow fast and get to decent size quicker than GSF.
When I catch small GSF in my main pond I cut the tail off and put them back for LMB and CC easy meals. Anything over about 8" I throw back to get bigger.
The big thing that GSF will mess up a fishery (in my area at least) is if they get established before the pond is properly stocked and promptly eat most of the fingerlings being stocked. In that situation they can be a real problem. I had an old pond with that problem and turned it around in less than two years but I had access from my main pond to advanced size BG and LMB to stock. The BG quickly out spawned the GSF and in two years became the dominant forage fish.
Last edited by snrub; 02/24/19 07:17 PM.
