Question? I have a BG and LMB pond with some RES. The 1.2 acre pond is mature and is recovering from a partial fish kill a few years ago. I have not seen any CC in a while, and never saw small ones since the initial stocking a decade ago. I feed a small amount and can see nice fat BG and some 1-3 lb bass that look good as well. The LMB have not taken any of the small amount of the food that I feed by hand, but have shown up a couple times to terrorize the BG. My neighbor fishes the pond and I have told him he can keep 50 to 60 of the larger BG that he catches. He stopped by and pulled out 25 nice ones a couple days ago. I trust him completely as he is a long time friend. My question is whether the 50 to 60 BG being taken per year is consistent with ending up with some nice LMB in a few years. I see more than that within minutes of throwing in a few handfulls of feed, but only maybe 10% are really keepers. The rest are younger, but look fat.