Pond Boss Forums FISH & FISHING Sunfish-Including Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass anise worm questions and RES

Not sure on the shipping, but RES aren't hard to source. You could always make a drive and see some pondbossers on the way. Bullhead, Condello, Shorty, and Omaha are all within 40 minutes of my farm and we'd like to meet and hang out.

RES are far less fecund than PS and reach bigger sizes, so if you can try RES first I'd suggest it - easy to manage and better angling return in my opinion. Sure, you might lose some during tough winters, but if they don't make it you can always consider stocking PS.

You might want to try sourcing BRES or RBG hybrids - they are up to 97% male so population is easy to manage, grow large, and will train on pellets but also retain the pharyngeal molars for grinding snails/crustaceans, and their cold tolerance I imagine is far better than pure RES - but that last detail is pure conjecture. If you are interested I know someone in Ohio who is raising them - and I've done it in the past with some success. You can also do it yourself if you have a spare 1/10th acre cell - I can walk you through the process.