I may restock some HSB. I’m convinced that I had zero survivors from my stocking 25 of them back in Oct of 2015. No response to thrown feed. None ever caught, or sighted. They sure look like they’d be a blast to catch.
What do you think happened? What size were the HSB and were there existing adult predators?
The HSB were 4-6”. I have no idea what happened. I have thought for the last few years it was mostly my poor fishing skills. I have caught 20 of my SMB in the same time period though. Right now I have a lot of HBG in the 3-5” range. They can be found just about anywhere in the pond. I am thinking my SMB can’t control them. My YP numbers seem to be dropping from year to year also. Not sure if adding HSB to help with HBG will further decimate my YP.
9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these. I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023
