So I have owned my pond just over a year now. The pond was dug 8 years ago. It is about 3/4 acre and 18ft deep by the dam. I am wondering what to do about my LMB. Last year all LMB I caught was in the 12in-14in range. A few smaller ones around 8in or so. I figured I would at least catch a few bigger ones?? The blue gill are all around 3-5in and seem to be pretty plenty-full and I started feeding them last year(along with the Catfish).

How can I make my LMB thrive?

Should I add FHM?

Should I remove the stupid CC's and Flatheads??!!(last year i was pulling out 24in-30in flatheads and CC. They are making lent pretty delicious smile

Also my pond has a few Crappies? I was told to remove all of those due to the size of my pond. Even though I have caught a few of those that were put in the fryer.

I don't know if this matters or not put the pond did have cattails all around it and I had them dug out with an excavator. Should I add some cover in there too??

Any help would be awesome!!

Thanks!
John