If I understand it correctly, it's all about managing your lmb and cc. They will determine what your bg size and population will be. An example would be an over abundance of lmb will reduce bg numbers and determine what size will survive in the pond. Where low lmb numbers might let the bg over populate and stunt in size.


In my experience with my pond, my first elec. survey showed low numbers of 2 to 3" cnbg. It was recommended to me to build 5 brush piles along the shoreline to improve that sized bg population. I had no plants at that time in the pond. And I had a boom in cnbg shortly after building the brush piles. Today, I have plants and I see most all sizes of bg today along with a nice population of nice sized lmb up to trophy size.

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Tracy