Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Adding Hybrid Bluegill to a pond, good idea or bad

I’ve got a 10 acre pond in SE Nebraska that holds lots of fish. It has LM bass, Bluegill and Channel Catfish. The pond is slightly overpopulated with bass, and I’m in year 2 of culling 200 bass (14” and smaller, yearly), and seeing good results. The Bluegill population is very abundant and most catches are 6-9”.
My question: Do you think it’d be wise to add some hybrid BG to the pond.
I’ve caught some 10” BG here, and would like to catch more huge Bluegill with the fly rod.

Any insight is appreciated.

May sound strange but how about dropping cull rate of LMB by 25-50 to eat more bluegill so the number that make it through predation have more room to grow.

With the number of HBG most people can afford to add to a pond with an established BG population, it would be hard to notice a difference.

Agree with Theo. A few HBG will not make a difference. Due to their aggressiveness you will likely catch them out if they are not eaten first .