Again the pond we have rights to fish have had some recruitment of the HBG but they seem healthy at this point. Now they are not trophy size but close to large enough to eat in my book.
Not sure if the CC and LMB are keeping most in check or not, but like I said this pond has not been stocked in over 15 years so they fish have to be reproducing. The water has been Gin clear as well which I find as a concern and have tried to convince my dad to try and fertilize this year to see what happens, but since we have never done this before we would have to be careful.
I hope to get out there in the next few weeks to fish and set the feeder back up so I will report back if possible, but those are the most aggressive HBG I have caught in some time. There is not a bait they will not hit.
