Pond Boss Forums INTRO Common Pond Q&A (archives) Stocking & Managing HSB, Wipers & Other Notes

When using HSB as predator and golden shiner as forage food it appears the ladder stocking of HSB is important because member's reports indicate the too few predators allow too many GSH to survive to the point that in small ponds the adult shiners can limit the recruitment of predators such as SMB, LMB and forage species such as BG, RES, YP and HBG.

https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=552981&page=1.

However this phenomenon of too many forage species hindering the survival of sport fish is a common occurrence. Example - too many bluegill will prevent recruitment of largemouth bass. High numbers of green sunfish will significantly reduce recruitment of other sport fish and minnow species.