D.I.E.D. guilty of threadjacking??....sorry todd (et.al.). thanks for moving pics over to that other thread ewest and also thanks so much for links to all those other threads.....all great stuff, but still confusing for me. I never realized just how complex the world of "BG"s could be. i would like to continue that discussion over there at some point.
Regarding my small pond mgmt, i am finding it very difficult to locate and purchase locally some of the fish I wanted to try such as pure strain BG, CNBG, and RES. We have pretty tough conditions with the long hot dry summer, no supplemental water situation. These large GSF/(hybrid?) ranchpond fish are very hardy, good survivors, fun to catch, good to eat, and free......so I guess my near term strategy is to keep things simple by keeping our "native" perch stocked with Gambusia and keep the water quality up through aeration.
if I understand a little of what i have just learned the last couple days re fish populations in small ponds, our GSF hybrid natives are not particularly good breed stock (mostly male prodigy), their numbers should naturally stay low, and there should be a good ratio of food mass to fish? So if not fished too heavily, this management approach should continue to produce large class fish?
