Plus whatever else existed in the stream - guessing CC and BH are a good bet, but neither species would impact SMB or YP populations to an extent that I would advise against stocking.

Yolk and I manage cool water species fisheries with the presence of BG, and in my case, BH. It requires special management strategies and supplemental stocking, but limited gape predators can manage BG and BH populations provided the density is appropriate.

Yolk and I also use WE and HSB to help manage our BG populations. In a lake your size, Muskie or Tiger Muskie 1-3/ac would provide an additional angling opportunity but would also hammer YP populations hard.

Supplementally stocking a 13 ac lake with YP could be cost prohibitive - sorry I missed that on your original post. Your best bet here is to determine whether your YP could recruit.


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