Originally Posted By: coolpond
Bill Cody mentioned ladder stocking some HSB (Hybrid Striped Bass). Not sure what this is but read article from Overton Fisheries website that HSB natural reproduction is not feasible in smaller bodies of water. Assume the ladder reference from Bill means adding xxx amt of fish each year for LMB fish food. Sounds expensive, I would prefer a natural re-stocking via spawning?


I think the "HSB ladder stocking" isn't for LMB fish food, it is because HSB don't reproduce so if you stock a few new ones every year the one's lost to being caught, dying from hook shock, dying for other reasons, a few newly stocked larger size stocker HSB every year help replace and maintain basically "an assembly line" of HSB in your pond since natural reproduction of the assembly line is not possible. My pond is about the size of yours and I add around ten 12 inch HSB into "the HSB ladder" every year or two and it's less than a $100 when I do it.

Fishing has never been about the fish....