Josh, no rocks thrown at you.
Actually, that's why I only suggested them for XXL LMB ponds. Bar fish are voracious egg and fry eaters which could eliminate endless LMB culling down here. The lack of spawning LMB could be huge bonus, and no different than a female only LMB pond. That's also why I suggested a hatchery pond for supplemental BG. If the bar fish densities were right, LMB could also become a ladder stocked predator like HSB, instead of a labor intensive fisheries management problem.
Because of their aggressiveness, they are also extremely easy to catch. They'd probably hit a rusty tea spoon with a hook on it. Not sure how, or even if you can catch gizzard shad, but these fish would fit the same forage niche, but not get as big and force the need for removal via electroshocking if overstocked.
IIRC, goby's were the scourge of the great lakes, and were going to decimate existing forage and ruin the fisheries. Now, SMB thrive on them. The same thing has happened here at Lake Fork with bar fish and LMB.
The thread title did say non-traditional, so I ran with it.
Last edited by FireIsHot; 11/15/19 02:39 PM.
