Originally Posted by trophybg
Originally Posted by jpsdad
Originally Posted by highflyer
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You will understand sooner or later. Sadly some lessons just have to be learned the hard way.

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highflyer, you made a concerted effort to help. Sometimes the school of hard knocks is the best and only teacher.
Originally Posted by esshup
Originally Posted by jpsdad
Originally Posted by highflyer
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You will understand sooner or later. Sadly some lessons just have to be learned the hard way.

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highflyer, you made a concerted effort to help. Sometimes the school of hard knocks is the best and only teacher.


Yep, sometimes someone wants to be told what they want to hear and not listen to what they don't want to hear. Mother Nature will tell them what they don't want to hear in no uncertain terms.



I understand, but three fisheries(called two more) told me I'd be fine stocking CNBG and FHM at the same time.
Up above, Anthropic's info conflicts with Highflyer because Highflyer says only one predator but Anthtropic says I should/could have two (BG and one bass).

So now the question is whom do I follow?

Bluegills aren't considered predators. They typically are considered to be forage fish for predators such as LMB. Unless you will be taking out a lot of BG from the pond to eat, it will need a predator, but stocking too many will lead to a stunted LMB pond. With a pond that small, the better route to go would have been only Hybrid Bluegill or only Redear Sunfish because they reproduce less than CNBG or BG. Still, without you being the control of the panfish via harvesting, you will need one predator if they reproduce, or a few if they don't reproduce.

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