I stocked my new pond with redear and bluegill two springs ago, with fish purchased at a commercial hatchery in north Missouri. My pond has clear water, and it is easy to identify redear among the bluegill. They are feeding on Purina Game Chow just as readily as do the bluegill--perhaps even more so, because they are a little larger and are bulling their way to the chow when I toss it in. So are my largemouth bass. It's a hoot to watch bass knife their way through schools of freshly spawned fry--not to eat the fry, but to get to the floating chow.
