I stocked 16 HSB into my 3 1/2 ac pond in April of 2015. Talk about a needle in a haystack! We didn't see or hear from them until mid-September to spite feeding pellets off the pier all year. We caught 3 within 10 min of each other using crank baits and they had doubled in size! That was the last time we seen them... We fish from bank most of the time so I figure the HSB are frequenting other parts of the pond most of the time. Is this an accurate assumption?

Also we stocked 900 RES nearly 2 yrs ago and haven't seen hide nor hair of them.. I haven't seen a single floater to this day. Are RES this shy or should I wonder about these as well?