Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations predator fish

gator - If you have what appears to be an excess of small bgill (may not really have an excess) this may indicate that you have too few bass of the optimum size to thin that particular size group of bgill. Large bass prefer not to eat 1-2" bgill. 4" to 8" bass are key predators of 1"-2" gill. They want more substance for their efforts unless small is their only choice. Measure the size of overabundant bgill and multiply that by 3 to 3.5. This is the length of bass that prefers this size of bgill. If you have and abundance of these bgill then the corresponding size of bass are in short supply. Manually thin this size of bgill or add more bass of the correct size to thin them for you.