Is it going to be possible to have enough RES to harvest( say 100#/year) and to spawn enough so that I will not have to restock them? SMB would be the only predator. I may add HSB. I am not interested in Walleye. YP is a possibility but I doubt my pond would be good for them. Would the SMB be able to keep CC from overpopullating like in a BG/LMB scenario?

I figure that if the initial SMB are hard to find, that's OK. It will give the forage base more time to grow.

Thanks to all, Jim

And when I say 100#, that would be on the table. So that would be a guess of 200# live fish, or 200 1# RES? Is this reasonable?

Last edited by fish n chips; 08/03/12 08:58 AM.