Originally Posted By: george1
Originally Posted By: snrub
Can anyone tell me how far north CNBG can prosper? I have a small pond would like to experiment with some. Only FHM in it now.

snrub - I would give it a shot if I had a brood/forage pond to isolate the CNBG from natives, but I like to do stuff like that. If you purchase from Arkansas suppliers they are most likely intergrades so may be more tolerant to colder temps.
I have seen some brutes that are positively Arkansas intergrades - really nice fish!
G/


snrub, you are close enough to central Arkansas to get some fairly cheaply if you wanted to try. I would not expect them to survive the first winter in Kansas. They die in Arkansas when they get a film of ice for more than a couple days, and that is only because there are more Northern Bluegill genetics in them than a "Florida" strain. The coloring varies quite a bit in my opinion, on both strains.