You bring up a good point about the kill-off. I don't know for sure (hey, I ain't psychic or anything
), but I expect that you're right that the pond in question will die on its own in a few years like you said. With that in mind, I don't know why I didn't think about the hybrid BG. I guess I'm just biased against 'em b/c of the stuff I've read about reverting back to GSF, but if I'm gonna be doing P&T
and expecting some sort of kill in a short matter of time, the GSF thing shouldn't matter too much. But that's also why I considered crappie, b/c I don't really expect that they'll be in there long enough to overpopulate. But you also bring up a good point about the black crappie having a hard time hunting in the muddy water (and it is practically 0" visibility). So, perhaps they won't overpopulate, but they're not gonna get very big either. And the HBG would probably be much easier to pellet-feed than the crappie, so maybe that would be the best all-around option. I'm gonna kick this around a little more and try to decide for sure what I want to do with this thing. I've still got several months before it cools off enough to do any stocking, so I've got time to think about it I guess.
