Why won't the lake support SMB reproduction?
I think you have plenty of water, and you are still going to perform more dirt work in the future? Could you create a few small breeder/grow-out ponds for SMB?
That might give you a good supply of SMB to control the sunfish, but they wouldn't get as big as LMB and hopefully would NOT eat as many of your large brookies and rainbows.
Hey thanks for the questions, maybe it would support SMB production but from what I understand they need more rocky and creek flow, my bottom is a mixture of sand/clay and decayed material/black dirt...but maybe it would. Would be hard at this point to build another pond for reproduction but i do have access to all the SMB I want or need. Them not growing too large would be alright by me.
