Originally Posted By: EastTexasGentry
I totally disagree with the advise you have been given. In East Texas, you can purchase 7" CC for $0.75 a piece. It would take an 8 lb. LMB to eat a 7' CC. In a lake with adequate forage (which I don't think you have), that 7 " CC could grow to 16" and over 2 lbs within a year. At that point, there is nothing in the lake that could eat it and stop it from eventually growing to 40 lbs.


I agree with the advice that was given to wowens1604, that's why I didn't chime in earlier.

I disagree on the size of LMB needed to eat a 7" CC. If a 20" LMB (that weighed 5# and had a RW of 116) can eat a 7" BG, why would the LMB have to be 24" long and weigh 8# to eat a 7" CC? Plus like others have said, you have the added pressure on the forage base (in a years time) once the CC have grown to 16"-18"+ in length like you said (which is true in my observations). In this particular lake, the LMB are overcrowded and don't have enough to eat (as shown by the low RW of the LMB caught). If the goal was to grow large CC, then by all means add them, but it sounds like the goals for this lake is to increase the angling opportunities for quality LMB in the lake since 90% of the anglers are fishing for LMB.

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