Originally Posted By: Bill Cody
""and the predators had Rw of roughly 100+/-5%."" Your predators are likely plump from eating small perch. Harvest all larger predators and replace or ladder stock with small predators especially if your predators do not reproduce. It is all about management and numbers balance.


Thanks for throwing me a life line Bill!

How does this sound?

Remove as many CC over 16 and over as I can. No ladder stocking until I get most/all of current herd out. Then stock no more than 5 at a time and remove at 16 or over.

My wife loves to eat bass so remove all LMB 15 or larger and SMB 16 or larger. I already ladder stocked 5 or 6 SMB this summer as no sign yet the original stockers have reproduced.

Remove WE 18 or larger and ladder stock as required to replace removed fish.

Remove the size class of YP under the largest caught.

I know the YOY YP are still probably going to get hammered with this plan but I worry the BG and PS populations will explode if I cut the predator size too low.

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