My theory is the that the SMB did ok during the initial invasion of rusty as they tend to like open rocky and gravely habitats any way. As things are now we catch LMB near weeds and SMB in open sandy and rocky areas, they tend to stay in eaches micro habitate with in the lakes.

Then the population boom had a crash and nature was able to take over and things got to a new slightly differant balance.

I saw a show on tv showing how the asian carp are showing signs of weakness with skinny not as healthy looking fish in areas from overpopulation, they are a totally differant beast though.

even the largest rustys get torn apart by the big SMB. I snorkel and fed them crafish a lot. one thing they do is grab the big ones too nasty to handle and shake it violently usually ripping off claws then circle back around and finish them off. Ill try to video tape this next summer.

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