The hatchery owner who declares and is convinced that the way to grow big LMB is to use goldfish for forage is Bob Hesterman. I think he must have used goldfish at the state hatchery to maintain brood stock or something like that. I'm not sure what his opinion is for using gizzard shad as big bass forage. I'm not sure where he learned goldfish was a method for raising big bass. Since he is in the northern Ohio do not know what he considers a trophy bass. Maybe his trophy LMB are 5-7 lbs? As I said earlier I'm not sure if he advocates also using other forage items in the pond or just goldfish. You can use my name if you want as a reference when contacting him.
It doesn't sound like I know much about his big bass raising method and you are correct. That is not one of my passions so I never really quizzed him about it. He just keeps telling me that goldfish will producee big bass.
His hatchery website is
www.ridgeviewfinfarm.com. He has an email contact for the hatchery on the website.
