I am a little nervous since the hatchery says the muskie are between 9-14" so i think their survival will be iffy but i cant get anything larger until fall so i figured its worth the shot considering the price of everything else. I understand they can get over 7" but the hatchery says most of theirs over that are female (guessing they just grow quicker) but im sure some of the smaller ones will be both male and female. I guess my worry is if that will be a large enough quantity to give them a shot or if im seriously underestimating the LMB predation.
Do you guys think it would be beneficial to remove the CC? i have heard they start competing with the LMB after a certain size (i have caught them on texas rigs and crank baits so seems to make sense) or do you think they could help control the bass population? they dont seem to be aggressive enough to get larger bass but might be taking any of the other possible forage away (not sure if there are any crawfish in the pond or not).
