Another thought I failed to mention earlier....you can build a couple of cloverleaf traps for around $50 (plenty of info on YouTube on how to do it) and set them every time you're on the pond. Baiting with dog food, either canned with holes punched in it or dry in a stocking, I use a plastic jar and punch it full of holes. Sunfish will pretty readily go in them. You can keep what you want and feed the coons with the rest. It's a pretty quick way to reduce numbers. If you have the population you indicated, running them every 30 minutes or so would yield several hundred in a day easily.
.10 surface acre pond, 10.5 foot deep. SW LA. The epitome of a mutt pond. BG, LMB, GSF, RES, BH, Warmouth, Longear Sunfish, Gambusia,Mud Minnows, Crappie, and now shiners!!...I subscribe!!
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