Once again, I can't thank everyone enough for the knowledge! It looks like I went a little light on the RES. Does anyone have a picture or good description of a RES so I can see if any of the fish I catch are RES? I feel as though me additional stocking was sufficient in quantity. My lake and creek total about 10 to 12 acres depending on rainfall. I had an existing population of GSF, HBG, CC, LMB and mudcats. But the fish were only 3 to 4 years old since the pond is only 5 years old. Most of the original fish weren't stock....the fish just appeared. I guess from upstream runoff or other natural ways.
I will post a pic of the creek later, but it is basically flooded timber with tons of cover. I stocked 4 to 6 in fish and I thought they could avoid predation with all the cover. They have seemed to have spawned all summer but none are really fat.
These pics were taken several months ago when the clarity was only 18 inches or so.
