Originally posted by ewest:
...The reason is your feed trained LMB will not stay entirely on pellets and will start eating BG.
It depends on how big Jeff's LMB are intended to get in the pond. Assuming that he's stocking all male bluegill, he'll probably not have any bluegill under 7 inches. Because of this he'd have to have largemouth that are, hmmmm, maybe 16 inches or so to be a threat to his bluegill?? Just thinking out loud here. You're right though--it would be disappointing to have your very best 9 inch bluegill getting blown up by 22 inch Florida strain LMB.
My biggest concern with an all male BG/LMB growout pond would be the fact that the smallest LMB would compete with the biggest BG for the choice invertebrates that are necessary for Jeff to break the state record bluegill that he once mentioned catching.
