After one or two spawns of GSF and no predators your 0.8 ac pond will easily have 5000 - 8000 young GSF. I trapped 2400 and 3200 per year from 0.1 ac that had just adult YP in the pond. You may have to go catch some larger smallies from a local lake or stream. I am currently thinking with no proof yet that SMB might be even a better predator of GSF than LMB because GSF and SMB both evolved together in stream conditions and often they now occur together in stream habitats. SMB evolving with GSF could make SMB a very good predator of GSF that are commonly a stream dweller.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 06/17/24 07:52 PM.
