Eric - Good study; thanks a lot for finding and posting it. Good data. I used the high and low factors (bass length/tilapia length) of maximum consumable size of tilapia that bass were fed in the study to calculate the lengths of tilapia that several sizes of LM bass were able to eat. Bass 16" long would consume 4.4"-5.5" tilapia, 18" bass would eat 5.0"-6.6" tilapia and 20" bass would eat 5.5"-7.4" tilapia. Habitat/cover, size of LMbass and other forage species evidently play a role in how well newly stocked tilapia will survive after stocked into a pond with adult bass.
