I was wondering.
If I overstocked (say 20/ac) of 10"-12" GC, and don't care about other plants in the pond, would they take care of a milfoil problem? I know it's not on their preferred food list, but if it's the only game in town......... Yeah, I feed, but I figure if I catch them a few times on pellets, they'd get the hint.
It's either them or a qt. of fluridone. 16 oz. last year didn't do the trick. Maybe too much water flow thru the pond due to the sandy soil.
GC are one of those things that either you have too many of, or not enough. So yes, if you truly overstock enough GC they should take care of the milfoil problem. It might be a good idea to thin the LMB numbers down once the milfoil starts to disappear. The lack of vegetation will disrupt the current predator prey balance and the LMB will thin down the forage base to point where there is not enough forge left in following year to maintain healthy looking LMB.
