Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Pond Bugs

IMO you can always later add the LMB if the BG start becoming abundant and exhibiting slow growth due to predators not eating enough small sunfish. If you start with just WE and or HSB, stock at higher densities (similar to LMB numbers) to maintain stronger predatory pressure on the BG. Also I would not stock over 300-400 BG per acre; maybe only 200-300/ac. Once they as adults start spawning you should get lots of BG offspring; maybe too many. Keep a close eye on the BG numbers. Consider adding RES first then later (3-4 months) add the BG to give the RES a head start. BG will soon easily overpopulate the numbers of RES. Remember LMB are always the very best predator of BG and sunfish. My big concern is BG over-running the pond with WE and or HSB as the main predators.