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Hey, guys. I just joined this site because it looks very good and the people seemed to know that they were talking about. My problem is, I have a pond under an acre long. It's been there awhile, maybe 5 years MAX. The pond is never fished and its around 5-7ft deep. I fished there the other day and i found there is a overwhelming amount of Bluegill.(Bluegill) Now im guessing these fish were very hungry because they were attacking my 3/8oz spoon that I was fishing with (for Bass). The spoon was even bigger than some of the bluegill attacking it, some Bluegill were even caught multiple times (2-3). Every time I would throw a cast, I would have SEVERAL hits on my spoon. I never seen or caught Bass or Catfish. I wanted to stock it with some Largemouth Bass and maybe some Catfish. I also want to decrease the amount of Bluegill. There is a lot of tall grass around the pond but It's not in the pond. On one side there is some vegetation in the water. I was wondering what I would have to do to stock the pond with Catfish and Bass. I'm going to artificially stock it, meaning I catch them elsewhere and then throw them in my pond. Could someone please help me out and tell me what I should do.
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Bucket stocking 15 or so 10"-14" LMB should begin the process of thinning out the BG and starting you down the track to a more balanced fishery. However, once BG get that out of control it can be difficult for bass to successfully reproduce. Knowing the size range of BG present would be helpful in determining the extent of the problem... Are you sure there are no other species present in the pond besides BG?
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The BG are mostly real small, however yesterday I caught a BIG one. Im almost positive that there is no other species in the pond. I've fished worms, spoons, cranks, etc... and all i get is BG.
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I suspect that the "BG" are not really bluegill but very probably green sunfish -GSF. A picture of one of them would "tell the rest of the story".
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You will need both male and female LMB if you want a reproducing population. If not just add a few females for size (they are bigger).
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