For the LMB, FHM option you'd have to go with all female LMB. That way you could keep the density low enough that the predators couldn't keep up with minnow reproduction. It would be almost fool proof if you could keep male LMB from entering the system.

You are correct that if you had LMB reproduction that you'd need an alternative forage.


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