lwj very intersting stuff. I understand what you are saying. Couple of comments b/f I head out of town. SO one goal is putting food on the table? Agree tilpia are good eatin' This is conterproductive for big bass. Also what is sustanabliity of the larger tilapia, in otherwords I do not think many tilapia survive bass predation. That is a great thing to grow the bass in the study but it will hurt when the bass get bigger and the larger food items they need are not there. I see a pond with just tilapia as forage in TX having good intial bass growth but it will not sustain that growth rate on larger bass unless you continue to stock larger tilapia every year even if they overwinter where your located. I maybe be wrong but do not see downsdie in some bluegill. Try it so we can learn from it.

Greg Grimes
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