Generally any fish with a Rw of less than 85 is not getting enough food for good or rapid growth and probably due to there are too many bass eating too many small fish. Advice is usually to remove those with Rw less than 85 so remaining bass have more food available and they get fatter and grow faster. However,,,,,, if the goal is to have kids easily catch fish then having extra hungry bass with low Rw in the pond is a good thing. Maybe this is why it is so easy for you to catch bass for your samples?? Think about it.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 10/16/14 10:28 AM.

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