I never cull BG. To me, the big ones are the breeders and the smaller ones are forage. Lots of people disagree with my thought on this.
I generally recommend Ray Scotts idea of culling every LMB under 13 inches that you catch after the second year.
I have been using the same approach with my pond. I hope I'm not setting myself up for a problem since I'm further north. I have heard that northern ponds tend to get overpopulated with BG. I've thought about starting to cull a certain size of BG, But I'm not sure yet. They all still look pretty healthy so I think for now I'll just leave the BG alone and keep culling LMB.
I guess it's time to start taking creel surveys of BG. I already take creel surveys of my LMB.
