I bet there are guys out there that would have loved to have your discards.
Buying 5" SMB fingerlings ain't cheap. Or always easy to get.
I have a bunch this year too. Moved about 50 to my main pond.
The smallies sure like to bite. Half hour fishing in my main pond, where the only SMB are the ones I have moved over from my RES/SMB pond, and I caught 4 SMB 12-14" long. Caught one CC and 4 hybrids in that time. So for the SMB being a very minority fish in that pond, they sure do bite aggressively.
Now it is funny though, in the RES/SMB pond they often will not bite my offerings. I think the difference is in the main pond they have heavy competition from BG and HBG so they have to work for a living. In the SMB pond the RES probably give them little competition. Plus I feed them pellets. So there is little need to hustle for food.
Having three main ponds and a couple small ones sure makes it interesting in the ways fish act differently under different conditions.
