Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations bags-o-fatheads

Given your comparison of SMN vs SMI climates, I'd definitely say forget about the RES. The Great Lakes are very important to RES in Southern MI; IIRC a map of the areas in the LP where Redears do OK is U-shaped, hugging Lakes Huron and Michigan significantly farther North than in mid-state.

I think your 1st iteration stocking plan is a very good outline (I would be happy using it with no improvement - but you can do better with help from PB). We have had several threads on YP in Northern BG/LMB ponds which I am guilty of not paying as much attention to as I could have. A search for YP should turn up some good info.