George, when would you stock the HSB. Wouldn't it be well after the bass and bluegill? If so wouldn't most FH be eaten?
For “balanced” stocking recommendations, this would be true, but in my case I rarely follow traditional stocking procedure.
The referenced case regarding HSB becoming FHM “trained” was in a ¼ acre pond forage pond, stocked originally with FHM and RES only – no BG.
The following year the pond was full of FH minnows and RES, and I set up a feeder for planned 4-6 inch HSB stockers.
Never saw a fish eat a pellet and thought my HSB were dead until my son told me he was catching HSB on a spinner bait.
I am primarily a fly fisherman, but my wife and I caught some 20, 1-2 # HSB in one day to transfer to main pond.
This group of HSB NEVER became feed trained.
