Originally Posted By: ewest
Compare apples to apples - all male BG pond vs HBG.


Yes, I am comparing similar, male to male, etc.


So it does sound like the growth I am seeing in the HBG is not unusual, yet what about the size of the original stocked BG ( and even their offspring) versus the age of the size/age of the HBG. Just seems like I should be having some BG that are larger than a pound? One might say that the food isn't there, but the HBG are finding it.

One thought is that possibly the original large BG stocked didn't make it? ---the philosophy of moving large fish idea. It could be that they are in there, just NEVER catching one. No way to know that until you drain it.