Well it sound like Channels and Hybrids are similar because they both prefer floating feed over any other forage!
While Blues and Stripers are similar in that they prefer live bait like shad and bream. I think Zach has it right, he has a ton of shad in his fishery this is why his blues grew so quickly! Like you said before, they realy ate the Fatheads up..you should get an improvement in your forage with the bluegill (if they actually are bluegill), because bluegill spawn many times a year...
Some people say that channels outgrow blues durn the first 2 to 3 years. I really think it is because they are strickly feeding them pelleted food, and the blues have to "adjust" to this food source that they naturally do not prefure...my thoughts on this...
