If you are going to add adult LMB you need to take out an equal amount to maintain balance. Talk to Bob. IIRC he took some Inslee F-1s to New York and they did ok. Those fish obviously have the genetics to survive cold water. Locally adapted fish are your best bet.

There are 2 methods for stocking LMB into an existing LMB population. Small stockers at high #s or near adult fish at much lower #s. The second is IMO much better because of the control on the survivability factor. You should have high survivability on adult fish with low variability of outcome. Using small fish you have low survivability and high variability of outcome. That is low risk vs high risk. The % of small stocker LMB to survive to adulthood (1 year) can vary greatly and thus make the population outcome hard to estimate and even harder to balance and control. The best method IMO is to add a few adults each year for several years while taking out fish of that year class to make room prior to introduction.

Late winter/early spring is an ok time.



Last edited by ewest; 10/08/10 10:33 AM.