Welcome to pondboss Deerstalker. Your pond sounds almost Identical to where mine was at about 6 months ago. My pond is 4.5 acres and had a overpopulation of bass that were 8-12". I had Greg Grimes come down and do a electroshock in june and he recomended taking out about 150 of the 8-12" bass and building the forage base back up. I added 1500 4-6" Bluegill and 4500 Threadfin shad. Threadfin shad can do wonders for your situation. They reproduce rapidly and seldom to larger that 6" So they never reach a size that is to large for bass to eat them. Mine come up every afternoon and school in the open water. I have removed 126 of the 150 bass that I was told to remove and im already starting to see improvement. You would be surprized how quick you can fish a pond back into balance. The best time to stock threadfins is in april or may right before they spawn that way the establish a population. I would have a elctroshock done in the fall or in the spring so you know exactly what is going on in the pond. Greg done a excellent job in the report and shocking. His website is http://www.Lakework.com if you want to take a look. It does sound like a classic case of bass overpopulation though. I would say go ahead and start removing some of those 8-12" bass and add some coppernose bluegill. You can learn alot from this site by just reading all the other questions that other members have ask.

Last edited by jsand13; 08/25/08 10:16 PM.