I do believe Shorty is targeting his larger GSH through angling so his SMB must not readily keep up with eating the larger GSH.
I was, the spray related fish kill I had back in May wiped out all of my larger GSH over 6", all of my large RES, and almost all of my SMB. Last fall I removed 125 GSH over 6", this spring I removed a a similar number, then the fish kill took another 156 GSH. That was roughly 375 large GSH in a 1/4 acre pond, I'm pretty sure that's the reason I haven't seen any SMB recruitment over the last 4-5 years.
