Originally Posted by FishinRod
Originally Posted by esshup
A customer has a pond where we stocked 50 LMB in it and nobody was supposed to have fished in it for about 4 years. I saw 2 LMB follow a lure to the shore that were about 4# each. Then the owner decided to stock SMB in there. No visible signs of any hybridization, there are just SMB in there now.

What happened to the LMB? The more typical story on Pond Boss is that after stocking LMB, the SMB in the pond slowly disappear.

We think someone snuck in there and fished them out. I also saw a CC about 24" swimming in there and I personally had every single fish in my hand that was stocked (and looked closely at). Another pond on the property had 2 LMB show up suddenly, each 14" long which just happens to be the minimum size that one can keep from a public BOW. So, bucket stocking is/was going on. HBG also showed up at all ponds when none were stocked, and in the case of 2 of the ponds, no BG were stocked either. Just RES and YP, along with SMB. It's a good 1/2 mile walk to any house in the area through the woods.

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