Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose growth rate of BG -v- HBG

Slow your roll boys...this idea of an aggressive panfish that doesn't get hookshy has not been the case in my situation. If you're fishing occasionally, and/or keeping what you catch with a high number of hybrids present, then okay. But under a steady regime of fishing pressure and CPR, coupled with learned behavior, (or conditioned response if it suits your palate better), AND smaller stocking quantities beneficial to growing trophy hybs, these fish get a serious case of lockjaw.

And the larger gape of a HBG should enable them to utilize natural forage too large for BG over the course of their indeterminate lifespan, provided a source of forage exists.