Sorry the recommendation was "no good" and didn't solve your problems. We're trying to help, here.

Does the NV DNR stock ponds? Seems like a viable option. I only see a few hatcheries in NV when I googled...which makes sense I guess considering most of NV is pretty arid.

You'd benefit from researching the vast amount of information available on the forum and all over the web regarding LMB forage habits/tendencies. Suffice it to say they are in predation mode frequently and will eat as much as possible. In other words they "eat a lot and very often" items typically up to 1/3 their body length, but will go to 1/2 if necessary.

The goal here is not to feed your LMB with the forage stocking, it's to develop a forage base that is self sustaining. That's why you need to order a qty sufficient to sacrafice a portion to the existing LMB population but have enough to survive to spawn and establish a population. You can do this one of two ways: Stock larger adult fish or go with higher qtys to ensure survival.

Are there any ponds around where you live you can catch BG and stock?


Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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