ML :

Found the article. Thanks. Now I know why I did not recall it. It is talking about 3 years before LMB start feeding on the forage and 2 years before stocking them. But it is only using FH , GShiners and crawfish. No BG. I was thinking 3 years for BG - how odd. In a Northern pond it would be an unusual recommendation to put in BG and wait until year 3 to stock predators. The exact opposite of what I have read. Interesting article. The most interesting point was that it would end up as a LMB pond sustained by LMB forage. The base of FH , GShiners and craws would be consumed down to near 0 levels. Also he makes a point of describing why he does not care for BG - stunting. Up north they apparently have a much higher potential for BG stunting and this is repeated often in the BG studies on population dynamics.

I wonder why he did not just use BG with the other forage and add a couple cold water predators ,in addition to the LMB, like musky and YP. Surely they would thin the BG during cold water when the BG are slowed down. He did note that concept for thought.