Scott, I have the RES in my pond and in the public lake near here spawn in shallower water than the BG.

I have seen them spawn 2 months in a row. But never 3. I don't know if it's the dominant females that develop eggs first and spawn first or if there is another reason.

Nate Herman and I shocked a 10 acre lake last fall. The LMB were stunted, but we didn't shock up a huge amount of them. We shocked up 98 RES and only 2 BG, so the owner will be removing a LOT of bass this Spring, and I'm stocking 10,000 4"+ BG to try and get the lake back into balance.


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