Originally Posted by jpsdad
Originally Posted by esshup
I have had great success in the 30:1 ratio, growing fingerlings stocked in early May grow to over 1# by mid September. Not feed trained bass, but the Bluegills were fed in that pond. Without having that or greater forage to predator ratio we don't see near that growth rate, not even half as much.

esshup are you stocking YOY LMB in early May up there? What are the length of the LMB fingerlings when stocked. What differences do you see between 50/1500 or say 100/3000 ... or would you not stock the latter? Anyways that's good growth in 4 1/2 months.

Fingerling LMB were in the 3" range. The pond had 20# FHM and 20# GSH stocked the previous Fall. If stocking the latter, growth will be in the 6"-8" range for the LMB. That's with stocking minnows the previous Fall.

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