Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Corrective stocking Skinny LMB in old pond

I have the same problem with the skinny bass. David D. told me the same thing as CJ is telling you keep all the ones you catch. In a 17 acre pond you may have 100's and 100's of them. I believe David told me anything 12 inches and smaller get rid of. And CJ is right I would start keeping some of those crappie as they are also competing for your forage fish. Your right about the FHM they would only be a very temp fix. If your not catching any BG or SF out of your pond in the sping I would load that baby up with a bunch of 3 to 4 inch BG big enough so they don't get eaten and let them baby's spawn, spawn, spawn! From what the guys have told be on this site BG will spawn up to 4 to 5 times in a summer. If you do all of this your bass will start to faten up. Course I am no expert so when I say a bunch of BG I am not sure how many you would need in a 17 acre pond. I will leave that to the experts here.