YP will not recruit youngsters well with LMB present in a typical weed free pond.. Once the original YP stockers die (5-8yrs) YP will be rare or absent unless you periodically add larger sized YP big enough so that your largest LMB will not eat the new stockers. Other than that follow esshup's guidelines. Buying pellet trained fish and feeding them grows more fish and bigger fish, but it usually soon causes more algae problems. Most resort to chemical control of the algae. If you are interested in larger faster growing bass, an option for small northern ponds is to stock only YP and RES in the spring as one or two size groups. Then add the BG-LMB fingerlings in the fall. YP-RES will thrive for the first several years. Eventually in 6-8yrs the BG-LMB will be main fishes that control the pond. Other species will be rare or absent without supplemental stocking of the larger sizes.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 12/30/13 11:32 AM.

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