Small is OK now. The bass are too small to bother them. However, they will do a number on the spawn. FYI, the small bass will be eating the new babies.
I am waiting to hear from a supplier two hours away in the sprawling metropolis of Ball Ground, GA and another supplier four hours away in Pike, Alabama. I will be getting RES and more BG (600 more, 1,200 total) in early June at the latest. I plan on getting my stocking rates up to 20 bream per LMB, somewhere between the desirable ratios of trophy bream and trophy LMB.
I feel much better about the future health of the pond. The bass are going to have a feast later over the next year. After they spawn next summer though, I'm planning on harvesting a few.
By the way, a supplier told me that putting in FHM a month after putting in LMB would be a waste as they would not have time to spawn and would basically be devoured by the 1" LMB I just put in. Is there any truth to that?
