Brian - As I stated in your other post....I got my wild/pure/reg BG from Imlay City. Did you get in touch with them? Don't know when they open up and I recall it did take a couple calls to get in touch with them. I had to keep up with them as the reg BG were tough to get...finally got in line at the right time and all's good. I'm just North of Ann Arbor and they delivered for a reasonable price.

I can atest to everything Bill Cody said! As a rookie pondmeister, I took his and many other's advice 3 years ago when I was stocking my ponds. I actively manage and hand feed 5 days a week so I'm constantly keeping an eye on the mix. A number of my LMB take pellets now!! I can see how quickly the BG population could get out of whack! I'm seeing that already so I'm on top of it. This year will be my first year of some serious culling.

I did take it a step further and added YP to complicate things but they are doing well and getting big. I even have a number which survived the spawn last year...we'll see if they made it thru the winter without being bass food...they were about 2-4" long last fall.

Last thought....somehow PS have showed up in the ponds also...either they came in with the reg BG delivery or one of the of other magical ways fish appear in ponds. My snail population was quite high the first year but between the PS and YP, it's almost nil now.....

Chuck

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