Not to be overly redundant, but the supposed expert who penned that nonsense disguised as scientific advice for Michigan pond owners, has no business doling out advice on anything to do with fisheries management. Just about everything in the entire article is absolute hooey, whether it be the flat-earth idea that a plankton bloom is bad (heaven forbid we let our fry and bluegill have something to eat), or the idea that pike or muskie can't bring an overpopulated pond under control - this last I have personally implemented in the past, and it was uncategorically successful as few plans ever are. But perhaps most laughable of all, as has been previously noted by Greg and Theo and others, is the preposterous, risible idea that LMB can get along just fine without a heavily-spawning prey fish as a forage base. Perhaps if your idea of thriving LMB is a bunch of five-year-old fish that average eight inches long - otherwise, not so much.
