Pottsy, the pit guys have removed another acre or so this year but assured me they will be fully completed by the end of 2004 and some 4 more acres of water? The bluegill are native no hybrids but have some inbreeding between the pumpkinseed sunfish I believe in some cases but most appear true native bluegill from waterways around here. They truly are multipling like crazy with great survival rates due to their weed cover (ready for that 100+ mature LMB stocking in early October). I have been trying to get some 500 5-7" walleye for the lake but it seems the weather this spring has not been good for walleye fingerling? Have you heard anything like that up your way close to the resource? Getting back to the LMB question... I have watched these fry turn to fingerling and grow to the avg size of 3-5". I must live near a nucleur plant or something. HA!HA! But when I took the 10 or so LMB this spring, I caught a few very large LMB from another gravel pit too big for me to transport to my lake (22"+) so maybe I have a good gene pool. This is why I'm going to stock the mature LMB from a variety of places. If I can build a good gene base with pro-active pond/fish management them I should be rewarded well later. Hopefully I will catch a few SMB to see if their fry grow slower that the present LMB in the same biomass and lake environment? What's your thoughts...other pond owners with bass.

Rowly