Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Bass before Bluegils?

Thanks Ted.

Terry,
Geez, I should have given my Bass before BG case study. My pond is 1 acre. When I bought it, it was inhabited by bullhead and lots of fathead minnows. No BG. I manually removed many bullhead but they were still easy to catch. In June 2004, I stocked 100 3" LMB. By June 2005 the bass were about 8-9" and were over their mean weight. Bullhead were much harder to catch and minnows were becoming rare. In July 2005 I stocked adult BG. Minnows all but disappeared by August 2005 as the YOY LMB began to grow. By fall 2005 the bass were slightly under mean weight so i removed a few and began to supplement with whatever was handy. So far so good but you have to keep an eye on it.