FOOD for THOUGHT I love catching smallies.
they fight and fight. A 4 lb small mouth is a handful of "GET THE NET".
Now all that being said, I would love to stock some smallies in my 3.52 acre pond with 11 to 12 foot water depth. Pond location is N E Texas. With that being said, I am stocking 10,000 TFS asap, prior to their spawn. I already have 120 pounds of fatheads and spawning is coming up in the next few weeks. The pond has CNBG and RES. Crawfish are going in real soon (80 lbs), and yes, I am trying to stock grass shrimp. So plans are to stock LMB and HSB but I am wondering if the smallies would feast on the TFS? What if I substituted the HSB with the smallies? I understand I might not get a spawn with the smallies. But I know I will not get a spawn with the HSB. So lets just call that same, same. I have restock maybe yearly for maintenance, and I might have to do the same with the SMB. And what about aerating, how would this effect the smallies, would this improve the possibility of a SMB spawn?
Thanks
Tracy
