Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations How much fishing is too much?

IMO what you described is to many people/time fishing for that size pond. Way to many. A couple things to consider .

You do not know about the morts. A % of all fish hooked die , all fish removed die , natural morts can be high.

The fish that bite are the ones with the highest morts and over time the non-biters will dominate and pass that genetic trait on to offspring. See the upcoming issue of PB mag for the story. A certain % of fish will never bite a lure or hook (see LMB research - same for BG and tilapia among others).

You don't know what or how many fish are being taken out. Often people say 1 thing and do something else. This can result in an out of balance population as well as hook shy fish. There are several threads here on "catchability" and articles in PB mag. Without the exact info you can't make informed choices with out a population analysis.