Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Bullfrogs and bass

Your right. My pond is 60% covered in weeds.(pondweed & Hydrilla). It also supports a large population of bluegill and silver shinners. When you go to the pond at dawn, you can see bass chasing schools of shinners on the surface. It's pretty neat seein 2 to 3 pound bass pop shinners on the surface. Another thing is i proubly have an overpopulation of bluegill. I made on throw with my 6ft castnet and caught 30 something perch from 3 inches, being most common, up to 9 inches being 5 of those 30 fish. Also in that cast i caught 3 fingerling bass and one 2 pound bass. This pond has have been stocked for 1 year this month. I put in 80 adult bluegill from 3 to 9 inches long. I stocked 200 shinners about 4inches long. I stocked 150 bass at 3 inches long.