The funny thing SG about your concern about them not making it, is perch once introduced into nonnative waters, are typically so successful they become a nuisance species and are impossible to get rid one. Some pristine brook trout waters in the northeast have been forever ruined by the unlawful planting of yellow perch.
Got a couple of yellow perch in to mount from Moosehead Lake, Maine that was once known as a big brook trout mecca.
A local lake was rotenoned to get rid of carp and start over. Guess what species survived?
Ha! At least they taste good. One if these days, I'm going to buy one of your YP mounts. They are also pretty weird about being caught. It's lime the dinner bell goes off, and you can catch them. Before that, it's like the pond is empty..
12 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (decreasing), SMB, and HSB (only two have been seen in 5 yrs) I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023.
