SRAC# 140, Forage Species: Range, Description and Life History

SRAC# 140

Forage Species: Range, Description and Life History

Billy Higginbotham

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Forage species are primarily stocked in private waters throughout the Southeast as a food source for largemouth bass and other predator species. Unfortunately, the ideal forage species for all management situations does not exist. Therefore, managers often attempt to maximize largemouth bass production by stocking a multi-forage base. In many southeastern states, private landowners must rely on private hatcheries as sources for appropriate forage species.

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