Originally Posted By: TGW1
Eric, PBM is a great magazine for not only pond owners but also for fisherman. I think anyone who likes growing or catching fish should enroll for a subscription. It's time for me to renew now or I will miss an issue. For me, I am now considering lmb nest fishing because it seems to be my best bet on reducing males from the pond. Bill D. brought up a point about my pond where little to no lmb spawns until the third yr (last spring). This situation along with me not catching any lmb under 14" makes me lean toward not bed fishing. I did see lmb males on the nest last spring, for the first time. But not sure I had any survival since I have caught no small lmb. The pond is good right now but I'm not sure where to go from here. All I read is pull the males, and I am finding out it is not so easy. smile


When the LMB get ready to spawn, see if you can get some Gender Studies majors to swim near the beds. I hear they are toxic to masculinity!

7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160