I've been thinking about getting some Tiger bass to increase genetic diversity in my BOW. Tigers cost $10 each for fish in the 8-10 inch range. My concern is that I don't want too many more mouths to feed, as I probably have excess LMB already. But if I only stock a dozen or so Tigers, few will survive cormorants, large bass, etc. A dilemma!

So now thinking about an alternative to just dumping small Tigers in my main BOW: Forage pond. I have a 1/8 acre forage pond with fed CNBG in it. I'd planned to continue feeding until after their first or second spawn, then transfer fish to main BOW for bass/stripers in May.

But what if I put the dozen Tigers in the forage pond? They are feed trained already, so could feed them while they also take advantage of dense population of CNBG. Cormorants may or may not find them, but larger fish would not.

Goal would be to help them grow very fast for a few months so that they could be released to main BOW with better chance of survival.

Any thoughts on this strategy?

Last edited by anthropic; 02/13/20 07:36 PM.
7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160