Hello Bernie, congrats on the bass, I totally agree with you about this forum, a wealth of info, great banter, and the disagreements make for fun reading..But, to answer your question about wether or not you should remove those large bass..ABSOLUTELY!! IF you want a TROPHY BLUEGILL pond. the bass you speak of dont target small BG they target Intermediate as large bluegill. Case in point the 6lb bass you speak of. He didnt get to 110% Wr feeding on 1/2" BG. Now YOUR goals are probably a trophy bass, or BALANCED pond,Right? JC3 stated his goal was a trophy BG pond and he was trying to remove as many small BG as he could..he will never remove as many small BG as a pond full of SMALL bass, the 18",19',20",21",bass will eat those small bass and the bigger BG..So the fact YOU would never advise anyone to remove those larger bass tells me YOUR advise would have to fit YOUR particular goal. The reason i chimed in, was i have a 2ac pond that im managing for trophy BG, and I have done tons of research.And JC3 wasnt sure whose advise to follow, yours or esshup.and appeared to like your idea better.. NOW, if JC3 wants to change his goals than he can leave those large bass in like you, and help feed his bass like you do, and catch large Bass and a FEW large BG like you do.
She was only 21" but weighed 6lb 2oz. on my bogagrip.Well over 110% of WR.Ten+ inch BG are caught,although not frequently.
And have a BALANCED pond goal,like you do.
or he can take those small BG out, make his bass work for their dinner, let them over populate, take out any bass that can eat them 14-16+" and have a pond full of 10+ inch TROHY BG.. So as i said in my last post, it all depends on your goals. CATMANDOO had a goal for a trophy BG pond and he achieved it..Here is a link to his thread. And all the research I've done on managing for TROPHY BG have reflected his experience. SO, in closing we will agree to disagree, but only because we have different goals.
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.ph...true#Post260607