Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Bluegill growth rate; bluegill management?

Ed, I assumed (which is dangerous) that you were also adding bass to your pond to grow bgill. If you don't have lots of small bass you will very quickly be overrun with lots of small bgill and essentially no growth. The big bass (larger than 18") will be primarily eating the 6"-7" bgill that will be filling the space made by your annual harvest. Also your annual bgill harvest should be spread out over the year not all at once.
Nick makes some good points. Lots to know and still more to be learned about raising big bgill. We will see what Cecil provides. Bob if he ever comes back will also lend some help. Surely there are southern big bgill pros out there, they all can't specialize in bass.

In Cecil's post below, he breifly explains some fairly new research that has been learned from spawning bluegills.