Cecil & Theo:
The lakes in the Michigan Study range from 50-750-acres. The largest fish (both RES and BG) were collected from the same 150-acre lake near the Indiana border with a maximum depth of 30'.
I stocked my 2-acre pond last year with a few RES and will obtain more adults this year. I'm hoping for good results due to my proximity to Lake Michigan (12-miles) and high rate of groundwater recharge. I'm hoping that the moderating effect of the inflow of 55-degree groundwater will make up for the small size of the pond. I'll let everyone know if we see any survivors this year. From what I've read on this board that may be difficult to verify by hook and line methods.
Would like to go fish that particular lake but haven't made a trip of it yet. The numbers in the report are pretty attractive to me, but probably not to those living further south.
