I fished in my new pond for the first time the other day and discovered there were already some BG present. I'm wanting to stock the pond with YP and SM and from what I've read the BG need to be removed. I was looking into trying to drain and rotenone it, however its fed by an ephemeral stream and also drains into a creek right below regularly so I'm guessing that might be an issue. I'm thinking the simplest option would be to just try to catch or trap all the BG out since the pond is only around a 1/10 acre. Would it ruin my future fishery if I didn't get every single BG out of the pond? Thanks in advance for any suggestions

Last edited by Freg; 03/09/19 08:58 AM.