I have now had HSB for at least 5 years. I initially added them to eat LMB fry not my precious Crappies. The LMB are hard on my smaller Crappies. They are very aggressive pellet eaters and grow fast. We have a rock quarry so the water is pretty clear and that has made them more difficult to catch because they have become line shy. I was fishing for CC this fall with live 8 inch chub and caught one that was 30 inches long, body depth of 10 inches and 5 inches thick. He was quite a beast. I was lucky I had on 20 lb. braid. We think they are very good to eat. I cut as much of the red meat off as I can and we bake them in butter and lemon with salt and pepper to taste. It is a white flaky meat. I like that there is no worry of reproduction.
