Regarding the size of pond eliminating or minimizing the catchability problem, we have seen what appear to me to be reliable posts of catchability problems in 50 acre ponds/lakes and have seen several posts of ponds in the 10 to 20 acre class, especially "subdivision" ponds that experience extreme catchability problems. Part of that may be due to the 90/10 rule which says 90% of the fish are in 10% of the water. In a 7 acre pond, its not difficult at all to expose all the LMB to the catching phenomenon.
While I agree with Sunil that size matters, I don't believe it eliminates the problem. I totally agree with Sunil that live bait obviates the catchability problem...every LMB in my ponds can be caught on a live BG. Whether to worry or not about this problem or non-issue(whichever you view it) is entirely a personal matter....I like challenges and the catchability problem poses a challenge for me which I love to try to solve or at least minimize....tackling problems is fun for me, especially pond related ones.
