I used the search page untill my fingers bled and couldn't find anything on how yellow perch affect Blue gills. I have learned a few facts about combinding 2 of the 3 fish.
1. SMB are not an effective predator on sunfish, the sunfish will dominate the pond and stunt.
2. Yellow perch are more of a predator than prey
3. Some where someone mentioned a perch small mouth pond, but I have Questions about that because of item 2.
I would like to be able to catch 15" plus SMB, but I also want a "pan" fish.
Would yellow perch eat enough Bgill fry and fingerlings to keep them under control?
Would the SMB have enough forage from Bgill, perch, fatheads and maybe shiners?
If these aren't fesiable what is the ideal forage for big SMB? If i don't get panfish, I better get 24" small mouths!