The two topics you will never change anybodys mind about is abortion and hybrid bream.
I stocked my pond with hybrid bream three years ago, got them from the infamous Ken Holyoak. He sells what he calls Georgia Giants. He says this is not the standard cross, all the pros disagree. The hybrids are at a pound and do IMO have hybrid vigor. They are very aggressive and fast growing. Some(Cecil?) consider hybrids an ugly fish, I disagree.
That said I am concerned about what they will revert to, even Ken says you need to drain your pond every five years and start over. I have no plans to drain my pond. Starting year two I have been adding Coppernose bream each spring. In doing so I am hopeing to increase my forage and convert over to Coppernoses.
Whatever something is working. My pond is three years old and I am catching four pound cats, two pound hybrid stripers, one pound bream and as of last Saturday(pat on my back) a three and a half pound largemouth.
As much as I currently love my hybrid bream if I was starting over I would stock coppernose and redears.
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