In Baird's case how many SMB/ac does it take to "hammer" small BG in a pond? CB1, at this point how big are the SMB and how big are the small BG? Any other small fish in the pond besides BG and YP?
Sorry Bill just saw your post.
I planted 200 4 to 5 inch smalies in the 3/4 acre pond last fall! Bluegills are skinny YOY at only about 3/4 to an inch long. Feed trained smallies are running 7 to 11 inches. NOt a lot of vegetation and I hope to eliminate and pond weed with the Whitecap next year. Possibly some fatheads left but it appears there aren't any. Most of the smallies are off the pellets but still with good condition factors so that tells me they are feeding on live forage. I think they also wiped out what tadpoles that survived the spring die off.
I will add 100 more smallies next spring but will keep them in a cage to keep them on pellets.
