It sounds like you are developing a great smallmouth bass fisheries! Congratulations! I'd be worried though that largemouth could be eating your smallmouth bass. He's definitely big enough to eat them. I'd replace him or her with a smaller largemouth more in line with the size of your smallmouths. JMO of course.
How's your spawning substrate for your smallies? I say that because I had egg bound females die in one of my ponds because of the lack of good spawning substrate. In all fairness though it's possible temp fluctuations may have been a factor too.
My smallmouth producer says smallmouth spawns are very unpredictable for him. He says it's bust or boom. Says if a severe cold front comes in after a spawn he can end up with few or no fish.
Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 05/30/10 04:08 PM.
