Per Cody above, this is exactly what I had to resort to - high density stocking of SMB and HSB to manage HBCP and BG populations and my YP suffered as a result - precisely as Cody predicted. Now I supplementally stock 8-10" YP when available to help maintain their presence.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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