My trophy lepomis pond is male only sunfish species (csbg, res) and hybrids (hbg, bres) with forage species of fhm, pk shrimp, crayfish and supplemental optimal bg and lmb pellets. .25 ac pond with about 100 fish ranging from 9-12”. All forage is abundant, stocked 10 smb to try and manage the crays plus I run 20 cray traps March - November. I’ve witnessed bg slurp dozens of juvenile fhm just hovering in the shadow of the shoreline riprap. This doesn’t serve as any advice for you, Sunil - but just wanted to share my experience with the family as it’s kinda related. I have 9 ponds and this is my far my favorite to manage. I plan on adding gams and bmn just for fun this fall. Goal is for every fish caught to exceed 10” and average 120+ wr.
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