I didn’t really want to read threw a bunch of posts to maybe find an answer Since my eradication in May ‘23 and predator stocking 9/15/23 (almost 2 years) ago We hit 2 milestones in the last week by catching a 2# SMB and 3# LMB. I know there are bigger out there swimming around but will use these numbers because they have actually been caught and weighed. Is this good growth, normal growth or below average for the Midwest? Like most everyone else, we have had drought, flooding and lately sever algae blooms with zero water visibility. Not really ideal growing conditions. Both species in the same 5 acre pond which I’m sure is not suggested or normal either. Also what should the growth rate variance be between the 2 species ?
On another note, I’m very confused by the offspring or 2nd year class that I have been targeting lately. Some of the LMB I’ve been catching have been as small as 2” and as large as 7”. The 2” were obviously born at some point in ‘25 but the 7” fish seem to small for a ‘24 spawn but to big for a ‘25.
