In April I stocked 150 BG, from 3 inches to about 7 inches for the biggest. I assume they were all from last years hatch at the fish farm.

From all the talk around here I assumed the BG would be able to spawn this year, maybe twice. I have been hand feeding them and they seem very healthy, mostly from 5-7 inches if I had to guess from watching them. For a while in mid July the BG had one end of the pond cloudy from all their activity, and I was hoping they were spawning but no dice so far. I have had at least three spawns from the small species of shiners I bought in the spring, and they are taking over the pond. They are everywhere.

It is looking like I will not get a spawn this year. Maybe the BG are simply not mature yet. The only worry I have is that the shiners could be eating all the BG eggs before they can hatch. Has anyone ever seen this happen? The fish farm called them "silver shiners" and they seem to have a max length of about 3 inches.

Thanks for your thoughts