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Focus on local fisheries that feature PS and collect for harvest and accidentally dump bucket off your dock. Don't lose sleep on YP an inch smaller than you think you need. Build a cage and feed them for a few months - easy to achieve that growth - but even a 5-7" YP is vulnerable to LMB predation at 14-16"...I'd grow them out to at least 8-10" for higher survival rates. YP will probably struggle to establish self sustaining population in LMB dominated fishery unless significant macrophyte coverage is present to help escape predation. Just trying to manage your expectations.