Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations New member about to order fish for my pond.

That's a plan that I'd go with CJ, except I'd put in more BG, getting towards the 750 - 1,000 per acre of Lepomis. With the numbers of snails, I'd definately search hard for a supplier of RES or PSS. While I haven't fished a lot of BOW's in the upper Midwest, I quickly run out of fingers and toes counting them. I have yet to see one with stunted BG that has LMB in it as well. I'd be more concerned with having enough food for the LMB to eat if there wasn't good spawning habitat for the GSH. I put slightly over 200 7"-10" GSH in my pond last year, and although I have low numbers of LMB and the largest should be close to 18", I have yet to see any adult GSH.