RAH if you have LMB in the pond that receives the smallmouth IMO and experience you will not get any recruitment from the smallies. SMB without LMB present will readily spawn in most pond when a good forage community is present. Better spawns occur with crayfish in the forage community.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 10/22/15 08:20 PM.
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