Pat, I appreciate your comment. I know its uncomfortable to stick your neck out like that. I don't expect anyone to do that. All the same, I value your friendship and those who replied to me by PM.
CB100, oddly enough, I appreciate your comment also. Notwithstanding how you feel, because I know your feelings and opinion are real, I have not tried to prove that I am more intelligent than you are anyone else. The reason I post these things, is because I think you and most everyone else is intelligent enough to grasp it, use it, create additional conversation around, etc. What I think and feel is completely the opposite of your feelings and opinion. I don't like that you feel this way and have this opinion. What I most dislike most about it, is how you feel. This is definitely not my intent nor the desired result.
I have read through my posts in this thread and I think my commentary should stand given the limited information we have. IOWs, I see no cause to alter my thoughts that thinning the crappie by harvest is most advantageous and that adding additional predator might need further consideration of pending information we don't yet have. All that said, it is clear that, as community we have decided that a predator introduction is much needed. So much so, that it is going to be gratis to the BOW owner. Notwithstanding my dissent, I am "getting with the program". So IOWs, I am supporting what we as forum after reviewing all information currently available, have found a consensus with only one dissenting (however dysfunctional arriving at that consensus may have been). The consensus being that the clear remedy is that the BOW needs a predator infusion of SAE by inoculating fry. These fry will do their best and the strongest among them will carve a place for themselves and will later contribute to the consumption of prey fish as they grow. I am hoping, just like Sunil, that good data can be collected to plot the growth and condition of prey and predators alike so that we can judge, if not the efficacy of a fry introduction and SAE growth rates in MN ponds, at least whether as community, by working together, we were able to find a solution that was effective for this particular member's particular BOW.
In the spirit of deferring to consensus, I want this project to have its maximum opportunity for success. One thing I worry about being problematic is the timing of the inoculation. Will the MN BOW be ready for the fry when they are stocked is my main concern. For example, is there any chance that there will be ice cover for example? Is a minimum temperature required? Could the difference in latitude between the source and destination create logistical constraints that should be considered and planned for? I know nothing about this aspect as it pertains to SAE and will not be able to make recommendations but I am very keen to read what Snipe has to say regarding it. In any event, I am not trying to make any feel unintelligent by bringing this up. I just don't want to be the one who didn't speak up when there was an opportunity to plan for a more successful opportunity.
