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

Al, I laugh when pondering about difficult to grow. Can be! Otters seem to find their way to the pond every so often, Cormorants (almost a hundred one time), low survival with the original or first lmb fingerling stocking just to name a few.

Difficult to catch, Can be! Our first meeting when you mentioned high stocking rates of cnbg can make it harder to catch lmb. At that time I was not aware of your pond knowledge, but I am now. Thanks for all your help!! Was happy to see you become a moderator here. You know, I added some feed trained lmb to the pond because I wanted to improve catch rates. I am not sure if catch rates were slow due to the number of lmb in the pond or if it was because of excess forage or because they were all Florida's. Shock surveys are great but I know they will not shock up every fish in the pond. Leaving one to wonder just how many are really there.