So I have heard RES are hard to catch.
Is it that they are usually just lower numbers than the BG, or is it really harder to get them to take a hook?
I realize they tend to live and spawn at deeper depths. Would you fish for them more like CC but with different bait? Or does the CC get the bait before the RES gets there so that is why they are harder to catch?
What about in a pond that had the main fish as RES? Still going to be hard to catch?
In our refurbished pond I put 10 5" BG late last summer 2013 (I imagine they could have gotten one late spawn off, but maybe not) and then 125 3" RES a couple months later. An acre or a little less pond size. Had put FHM in earlier in the spring. Have not put any predators in but probably will this next spring (2014) or early summer.
Or maybe I should hold off another year with the predators (2015) since I placed such a small number of forage fish???? Did not really have solid plans for this pond, which is probably a mistake.
Last edited by snrub; 01/13/14 09:22 AM.
