RC51 & others regarding SMB in ponds. Keep in mind the smallies struggle in a pond with LMB. Thus they will not come close to realizing their full potential with LMB to bully them. When adding them to LMB ponds, the smallie have to be big enough to avoid predation often 8" to often 12" long. Sunil can shed some light on this topic since he has LMB and some SMB that were stocked as larger individuals in his larger pond. Then the smallies should be supplimently stocked every 2-3 yrs to keep the smallie numbers high enough so you catch one occassionally. The LMB will completely dominate the smallies for forage and prime foraging habitat. In a pond without LMB, smallies will excell. I would love to see someone put smallies in a small FL, AL or GA pond to see how they perform and compare results with those in AZ. I have heard that Hicklings in NY, raise a crop of SMB fingerlings in FL each year. I assume the adult breeders are held or kept in FL???
Last edited by Bill Cody; 05/11/12 08:41 PM.
