There are some bluegill in the pond. It's hard to tell how many though, as I don't typically see a lot of them. I also don't fish for them either. The other ponds in the area that have good size LMB in them have a lot of bluegill. I usually take my son to the other ponds with a fly rod for bluegill fishing.
Sorry for being dense here, but why does culling LMB from a pond increase the size of the remaining fish? I thought the reverse would be true as there would be enough small LMB around for predation. I guess I don't follow it, but there must be something to it as the last 3 years this pond has consistently produced a LOT of very small LMB. I'll usually catch 1 or two LMB that range greater than 2lb per year in the pond. But I can catch very small LMB all day long.
