Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations To thin Bg or not to thin, that is my question

My pond has a lot of cnbg and has been that way from its first stocking. So, I have read that one never remove bg from a trophy lmb pond but I have a lot of bg (7") that are larger than my average lmb can eat, and their numbers are high. I also see a lot of larger sized cnbg also. And a year ago Todd Overton suggested that I remove about 50 of those mid sized males from the pond. So, because of the high numbers I am thinking I might need to remove another 50 this year, maybe more. I think, it is to improve the cnbg spawning to provide more of the right sized cnbg for lmb forage. Thoughts anyone? OH! I might need to reduce the total fish mass in the pond and this would help that also. It's hard to figure total mass in a pond, I think, A SWAG I guess