Best time is in about mid oct in the south. That way the predators are still active and eating. If you wait until Dec the predators will not be as active. This assume no possible rain shortage issues. Draw down slowly over about 2 weeks - no more than 15% of the water vol. Might be 3 feet in your pond.
Thanks, Eric. I do have a fairly good number of 2 to 3 inch YOY CNBG in my forage pond which I could transfer into main BOW before drawdown. Or I could fatten them up in forage pond over the winter and release in spring when they are in 4 to 5 inch range.
I have loads of CNBG of all sizes now in main BOW, and have taken out 204 LMB in last 12 months. One goal for me is to flush small LMB out of shallow back bays so the large LMB and HSB can dispose of them. Is this realistic, or would the big LMB/HSB just focus on CNBG?
