I personally would be ok with lower catch rates but with potential big LMB to be caught. What damage could be done to a pond like this one if the BG population were to get out of control and stunt not allowing the LMB to eat the proper size to grow to trophies? Would it be ok for the LMB since there is so much abundance that they could compensate by eating more 4in BG meals instead of 7-8in BG or would it take away from their gaining potential? Are there any positives to a stunted, large population of BG in a pond such as this?
Here is the biggest reason fish want optimum forage sizes...in particular here, the weights of various size class BG, a 4" Gill weighs about on sixth of what a 7" gill weighs, so that bass would have to eat 6, 4" BG just to gain the same caloric potential of one 7" BG, but, it will also always expend 6 times more calories eating/catching them.
Kinda like a marathon runner eating 6 Big Macs while running a race and a couch potato eating six while punching a remote...guess which gains the weight fastest???
