Brother Cody,
Learning curve steep.
As I learn about combinations of fish stocking strategies northward, I am seeing some striking thinking.
It appears that smallmouth bass are inconsistant spawners in numerous cases..but not all. Are there specific geographic locations, water types and climates most conducive to smallmouth recruitment? Or, should pondmeisters need to look at smallmouth as a "put and take" species, and generally forget about recruitment?
The follow-up question is this...as geography changes, should people give special consideration to different forage species for specific predators such as smallmouth or walleye?
In other words, is there a part of the country where bluegill are better forage species for smallmouth, but other areas where yellow perch are better for smallies? What about other species as forage?
And the same questions for walleye...
Bein' from Texus, I may tawk funny, but I'm fixin ta larn sumpin bout them northern fish.
