i just looked back thru my old photos and checked dates. my bass were stocked may 26 2015 as fingerlings.on october 15 2015 i have a photo of an 8" bg and a 12" bass. that's really only 5 months. in the fall of 2016 i was catching some that had hit 15-16". the ones that take pellets are in a class of their own. look at my videos i posted last night of bass taking pellets. i havent tried to catch one on a hook yet.
another observation-my originals grew from fingerlin to 12" in less than 5 months. they had plenty of fhm and bg to eat. the bass spawned heavy in 2016 (sometime around may) i see those bass along the shore all the time and they only look 8" or so. my conclusion on that is the original got a huge kickstart from the fhm. i have a ton of bg ranging from tiny up to 3" around the shoreline, which the 8" bass are eating. i really think the fhm made the difference.
my bass are f1"s and yours are northen, not sure what differnce that can make.
Yea, I stocked 4000 FHM's as well. I don't have baby bluegill around my lake in any sort of numbers. I saw a hand full of 2-3 inchers when shocking, but not many.
