BG get out of hand with POOR pond management. LMB get out of hand with poor pond mgmt. All reproducing fish can get out of hand with poor pond mgmt. Your kids can get out of hand with poor managaement! Moral of the story; practice good pond management. The 'marine biologist' should have explained a little of this to you if he really cared about you.
May I ask who sold you the fish? Just a little 'nose trouble'. For adult BG stocking, you can do both buy some and to be sure catch a few locally. I prefer the 7"-8" size for adding adult BG from other waters because you can usually recognize male vs females esp close to spawning season of May-July. Two pair of 8" BG (4 fish) can easily produce 30000-40,000) fry in a newish pond with low predation pressure on the BG nest. 6-10 nice mature BG can be easily caught in a couple hrs of angling.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 04/21/11 09:52 AM.
