Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations CC's

NWW, my personal thought is that numerous small BG are the most effective predator of little tiny CC and that fewer baby CC will survive in a pond managed for large bass and plentiful BG forage than in a pond managed for large BG and overcrowded bass. That's an opinion based on ONE pond where CC have successfully recruited 2 or maybe 3 times now, versus the CW in the large bass world where CC are often said to have no chance of successful recruitment. My pond has virtually no plants for cover, so the CC must be doing it by shear force of numbers.

A 15-16" LMB would rather eat a 5-6" BG than the smaller ones, given roughly equal chances of catching them. A 10" LMB is probably going to have to settle for the smaller BG.