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Hey guys, Well, I was wondering what some of you experts thought. I have been feeding everyday the last month and a half or so. I see alot of BG, RES, and Black Crappie feeding. I originally stocked about 50 HSB but I am wondering with all of the feed going into the pond, are enough fish being ate by the predators? Like I said, I see plenty of offspring from the BG and RES so I am wondering if my HSB and Black Crappie will still keep the numbers in check.
1/10 acre pond-LMB,HBG//1 acre HSB, BG, RES, BLACK CRAPPIE--STOCKED APRIL 2007
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Personally, I'm one of those believers that say you can't have too many forage fish if predators are present. I would prefer for my top of the line fish to simply "yawn", and have something accidentally swim in there.
You do face an issue with 4"+ fish, you may need to target larger panfish & crappie down the line since a HSB has a smaller mouth size.
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