Was out at the pond yesterday and decided to throw a casting net to see how fish were growing. Bluegill were nice and healthy in all different sizes, plenty of FHM present, a few Bull Head but my trapping has seemed to control them. I got 2 Yellow Perch in the net. One was very young which is good it confirms this years spawn was successful. It was young but also sort of skinny.. The other YP was maybe in the neighborhood of 7"-8" in length but it was very skinny.

Later that evening I casted out my fishing rod and landed a very nice and plump HSB so that tells me they are eating well.


In the Spring I caught maybe a half dozen YP and they were not that skinny but none of them were plump and well rounded. Is this something to be concerned about or could this just be a runt?

I have not done any pellet feeding to the YP but maybe I need to start.. We have 2 other ponds with YP and have never pellet fed. All of those YP are very fat looking.