Chad,
It sounds like a typical stunted bass pond. Genetics isn't helping you after 30 years, but I'd cull more LMB and stock mature BG before introducing any more LMB genetics.

I'm in the same boat as you (pun intended) with a pond I'm trying to manage at my mother's place. I can't get out there very often to monitor the results.


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