Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Male BG: Mature?

Ryan, your BG & HBG are all stunted, underfed runts . It would be to your advantage, nay, it is your duty as Pondmeister to remove every last one of them ...

... and send them to me, because I would love to have sunfish like that in my pond.

Those are '04 stockers, right? If that's correct (or even if they're a little older than that), then their growth has IMHO been excellent. You have demonstrated both good fish managing and fish catching abilities, at least one of which is greatly in excess of my own. I have seen pictures of a few better looking BG (so don't pout, Dr. Frankenbruce!), but I think your bream rate an "A' or "A-" and are the kind of sunfish most of us would be happy to have. After another few years of growth like that, they should challenge big BG almost anywhere.