Originally Posted by Abaggs
Someone previously sent me this below. Do you agree with these predation rates? If they are correct, in theory at the end of next year I'd only have roughly 90 fish out of the 220 stocked, which would equate to 30/acre.

I'd estimate risk of predation from largemouth as follows:

5 inch wiper--80% over one year in presence of LMB
6 inch wiper--65% over one year in presence of LMB
7 inch wiper--45% over one year in presence of LMB
8 inch wiper--15% over one year in presence of LMB
9 inch wiper--negligible mortality.
The 6-7" numbers are close to the predation I think I experienced putting HSB into and established LMB population.

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