I looked back on your Feb 20 post and you said they were moving dirt as you typed?
If you plan on feeding the fish pellets and if your YP are supposed to be pellet trained then I think you can add the YP with the BG. Buy your YP as 4"-6" size when you stock BG. It it were me I would mix the YP 4"-6" in with several of the 6"-8" sizes. The bigger size YP from Jones are quite a bit more expensive however you would not need very many. Thus I would reduce the number of BG to compensate for the added cost of YP. This will insure a good YP spawn Spring 2024. Pellet eating YP will not eat hardly any minnows if good quality pellet food is available. I just looked at Jones website and they are sold out of all their YP. One has to get them ordered March - early April.
Please be sure to return to this thread with pond updates to share with us how well the SBS grow compared to BG. Your fishery plan will be a good learning experience for all of us. Thanks.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 04/14/23 08:32 PM.
