TFS populations work best as forage for LMB between 1 and 3 lbs. They establish best in waters that stay above 45 F+-. There are excellent threads on the forum about using and maintaining TFS as a forage source. If you are in central or south MS they are an option provided your pond keeps a bloom most of the year (see Bill's comments on pond productivity above). You can use both TFS and GSH in combination. Under normal circumstances (no overabundance of egg eater populations) I don't worry about the egg eating tendency of the fish present.

FYI
In Role of Male Parental Care in Survival of Larval Bluegills by Mark B. Bain and Louis A. Helfrich in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 112: 47-52, 1983 were their findings about predation. Predation on larval bluegills was inhibited by nest-guarding male bluegills. The data implicated juvenile bluegills as the major predators on bluegill larvae, followed in importance by pumpkinseed. Bluegill (3-12 cm total length) were the most abundant nest predators. Pumpkinseed (7 -11 cm), largemouth bass (4- 5 cm), and whitefin shiners (5-6 cm) also were nest predators.

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