Welcome to the forum. No expert here, but I can share my experience.

If you have LMB and adult BG still in the pond, they likely will not last long. If you have enough cover they stand a better chance.

When I started I fed mashed up 32% catfish food and they went after it with gusto once they got used to being fed.

Unless you have some very shallow water with a lot of cover so they can avoid predation (like a grassy area or water primrose or some other thick cover) the YOY LMB and even BG are going to hammer them.

I have some in my sediment pond where there are no LMB and the BG still keep a bunch of the young ones crowded up in the shallow inlet area.

Last edited by snrub; 07/27/16 11:40 AM.

John

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