BGKiller - I think you are wise in your choice to at this point, omit YP form your pond if your goal is primarily BG AND trophy BG. As I mentioned above one viable option that you do have is to stock only mature (gravid) female YP. You get a few YP as bonus fish that grow large while eliminating the problem of significant competition from a reproducing species.


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