Mark C.
If your pond has a lot of silt you may want to try to improve you bluegill spawning grounds. Get some pea gravel and make a few gravel bars in about 2ft of water in several spots around the pond. Sink christmas trees or some other dense cover around the edges of the gravel for the fry to hide in so they can grow. For big bass 4-5 inch bluegills are optimal. If there isn't much cover then your bass will eat virtually every 2 inch bluegill which won't help the bass much or the bluegill population. I believe a month or so in pond boss they talked about a feeder that'll help in feeding the smaller bluegill which will most likely speed up their first year growth. Oh, If the sediment is eating up all the gravel you dump in you could place some kind of liner down to keep the gravel from sinking in. Hope this helps.
