If you don't feed the trout pellets will they consume some smaller BG??. The big unknowns are How many will they eat? Enough to avoid BG over population? Will the trout grow very much if their main fish forage is BG??
I've said this earlier. If it were my pond I would try having the caretaker raise some BG in a cage until you could recognize male & female. He is going to be feeding the trout daily anyway?.? Then when large enough just stock the male fish. OR easier and simpler way is, contact the local fish farms and have one that is agreeable custom raise you some BG (7"-8") and just buy the males or buy both sexes, then you and the caretaker eat the females and stock the males.
IMO You are risking the possibility of the demise of having a nice trout fishery by stocking mixed sex BG into a trout pond. Although, we may find that trout will not survive year round for long term in your pond. Then trout are out of the picture. Then plan B if the trout fishery fails, I would stock RES & or YP with smallmouth bass which will enjoyable for the kids and you. All of those should live well in your higher elevation pond. If that fails then use plan C: LMbass-bluegill. It will not take long after stocking for the LMB-BG to become the dominant fishes.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/12/15 10:15 AM.
