This may not be completely scientific, but I feel it has good scientific merit and should give your a fairly accurate idea on the number of catchable sized bass you have in your pond.
To do it, you have to be willing to tag a number of fish and can afford an electroshock survey. If you could tag, say 20 bass, but at least 10... Then about a month later, electroshock your pond. Count all bass that are capture during the electroshocking. Of all the bass you catch while electroshocking, a percentage of those fish should be tagged fish...
Here's how the math works...
Say you electroshocked up 30 bass and 6 of them were 20 of the originally tagged bass. That would mean, about 20% of your fish population is tagged. 30 is 20% of 150. So, you would have around 150 catchable bass in your pond.
Last edited by CJBS2003; 04/25/10 10:09 PM.
