Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - blue gill vs gsf

I stocked my pond about 2 years ago with FHM, BG, CC, and a few RES later on or at least that's what I was told (all from fish trucks). I didn't fish the pond for over a year, just feeding and enjoying the stress of watching my water level and rain forecasts. After I started fishing I realized what I was catching did not look like BG or RES. Can someone confirm what these are?


edit: after 20+ gsf I pulled up this little guy


Thank you!

Guppy1, what are your goals for the pond? If what you want is a panfish and catfish pond, then the GSF and CC operation just may be a good one, rather than a BG and CC combo. The GSF will not recruit as fast as the BG will, so your fishing and the CC's eating stand a better chance of keeping them under control. You can supplementally feed both the sunfish and the cats to increase production.

As quarteracre said in your other post, embrace those greenies. They fight well, are quite tasty, and aggressively take small lures. In their place, they are not an inferior fish. BG are wonderful but they come with their own set of management problems.

If you add LMB, it might be best to add single sex bass. My pond is 1/4 acre. LMB attempt to upset the apple cart at all opportunities. I ruthlessly cull so that my YP, GSF, and BG stand a chance. A pond this size certainly is easier to influence by harvest than one over an acre in size.

I'm no expert on this. I just can see what's working for me.