I suspect the 4 to 6 inch bg are few and far between because the 14 to 16" lmb WR were low. This leads me to believe there were too many lmb in that size range. The Wr of the smaller size lmb shows there are good numbers of the correct forage sized for the smaller lmb. Your survey showed bg were in all sizes but I suspect the 4 to 6" forage numbers were low. I would suggest the number of smaller sized lmb needs to be thinned out to reduce pressure on the smaller bg so the bg might grow to the needed 4 to 6" size. It also looks like the water might have been so clear due to excess vegetation that the survey was not able to get a good sample of the larger sized lmb. They saw and felt the boat coming to where they were able to escape the survey boat. Looks like a pond that needs to thin out some of the lmb and maybe stock some Tp this coming spring to take the pressure off the bg. Bob, as per the survey, are the two ponds in the same condition?
