Ken, we're always glad to help if we can!

I don't think it's necessary to post any pictures for the discussion, but we do love to see pictures.

I would just plan on stocking adult GSH in the late summers/fall, and doing GSH frye each spring. That way, you keep replenishing a component of the forage base, and increase the chances of establishing GSH in the lake.

Now, with the amount of $$/Gold Smoullions you're going to spend on GSH, you should think about what a feeding program might achieve for you. One strong benefit of feeding would be to get your bluegill larger. Much of all feed consumed by bluegill ends up in the LMB population one way or another. When the bluegill are 'amped up' on feed, conventional wisdom says they spawn more/better.

I used to be more of a purist when considering what fish species to stock and feeding programs. For example, I held off on HSB for a few years until my fish guy convinced to try them. I'll always have them in a pond going forward. Same thing for feed; once I realized what a feeding program could do, I would never go without it again. Now, having said that about HSB, I still would not stock a non-native fish like tilapia in one of my Pennsylvania ponds.


Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."