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Originally Posted by lotw
Stock anything but Smallmouth!!!!!! They take over almost any lake they get a start in and they fallow the same pattern you start with a few then in 10 years the fishing is really good with lots in the 3+ pound range then within the next few years because nobody keeps them the size starts to shrink and you catch twice as many. Again nobody keeps them and BAM the lake is full of 12 inch peckers that have eaten everything in site and no walleye, trout, and the pike start to loose ground as well. BAD idea. seen it happen in about 50 lakes in northwest ontario. Don't think that a lake like cold is any different smallies can live in 60 feet no problem and will be competing for food and eating trout fry. DON"T DO IT EVER!!!
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I think your confusing bass with perch..