OneMoreCast. A few questions:
1. Did G.Grimes give any opinion why more LMB were not collected? Do you see evidence of annual bass recruitment? Did grimes provide a LMB size structure chart and estimates of LMB densities? Are the bass there and were not collected? What time of day did he electoshock?

2. ""if you are feeding 300-400lbs of feed a week, you are adding 150-200 lbs per week of weight to the feed-eating fish!!!"" Did grimes provide a BG size structure chart and estimates of BG densities? Are you doing any harvesting of the BG? Since the Grimes survey revealed dense BG, Some BG harvest of the large ones should be done or your next problem will be too much fish biomass, fish stresses will occur, and a fish kill will be likely when weather and pond conditions align negatively. Dumping excess food into a contained body of water without appropriate harvest continually increases fish biomass until the pond eventually pukes.

This from Bob Lusk - "Too much feed can result in too many pounds of fish, too many pounds of waste, and ultimately, problems with your water quality, if your pond water can not work with Mother Nature to clean up the extra mess. In extreme cases, I have seen overfed ponds end up with massive die-offs related to poor water quality and low levels of dissolved oxygen."

Last edited by Bill Cody; 02/14/17 02:40 PM.

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