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First, I'm not a number guy and never have been, so here's what you get.

Add on: I just wanted to say that anything of what I do is extremely easy. When I retired, I shut off deep thinking and focused on common sense. Everybody can do that.

The LMB were Lone Star Legacy Bass from Overtons, and they were pure Florida's.

For me in the hatchery, think Darwinism. The small CNBG/FHM were sized to allow the LMB gorge on them when they were put in the pond. I fed FHM and CNBG fry fish food powder to start, then go to 2.2mm high protein pellets when the CNBG became fingerlings. Over the 6 months, there were CNBG that outsized the LMB's gape. I did add more FHM, and picked up some of the smallest CNBG I could get prior to the LMB being dropped in. The whole process was pretty simple, and having several daily observations did help. So, having an 1/8 acre pond that had proper PH, hardness, etc., having tons of raised and bought forage that wasn't threaten, occasionally adding fresh water from our big pond if needed, and adding limited LMB. When all was done, the pond was seined out.

Right now I'm focusing on my HSB, so I shut off all small pellets except for Endurance 1" pellets for my HSB. Doing so has been eliminating FHM and 1-2" CNBG, and allowing the larger CNBG to survive. The rest go to the big pond with the HSB.


This is some of our sized forage.





Also, Ethan McWhorter of Overtons and I are focusing on a special strain of red tailed CNBG. I've got them, he's got them, so we will go from there. It's not rare that CNBG have red fins, but the hope is that the number grows. I have seen one of my CNBG that had red dorsel, anal, and caudal fin tips, but like all CNBG, the color comes and goes. Ordinary CNBG will be put in the big pond.

Todd taught me how to quickly pick out red tails on white buckets. Below are two young 4-5" CNBG that were at Overtons.

Red Tail


Normal Green Tail