Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose yellow perch question

Jim,
Do you think a northern pike is better than LMB at controlling an overpopulation of YP or BG?. Or are you saying NP would also be a good predator and bonus fish in addition to LMB? I have found NP to also eat small adult LMB. I have found that removing a 8"-11" LMB from a pond can create a respective surplus of 200-300 1.5"-3" sunfish or YP for each bass removed. If one pike eats just 10 bass per year I think that can create a sizable excess of smaller fish annually.

No proof here, but IMO as a NP grows larger (30+") it will tend to eat a larger percentage of bass compared to BG in previous years. This could then be counterproductive i.e. removing a more and more bass compared to BG. Are there any studies of the diet of smaller vs larger pike in the presence of primarily BG and LMB communities?