Last November I finished my 1.3 acre pond and stocked about 330 7" RBT. Somewhat to my surprise, it looks like many of them have survived the summer. Along thecway, however, I've discovered a budding population of GSF. I believe they were living in the spring before I dammed it to build my pond. I would like to use this pond For mostly RBT and/or HSB. But, I'm worried about total overpopulation of the GSF. I really don't mind having a GSF population if I can keep them from completely overpopulating.
In any event, I am looking for thoughts about: (1) can RBT at least moderately control the GSF? (2) if not, would HSB be able to do so? And, (3) since I already have the GSF, I'm thinking about adding RES (for parasite control) or SMB or YP (both for an interesting diversion that wouldn't preclude addition of more trout later. I feed regularly (at least when water is cool enough). Essentially, is then presence of GSF going to force me to add LMB at some point?
