Bob, I need you to clarify something for me. I think I have heard you say that a pond only supports so many pounds of bass. For instance if you can support 10 lbs of bass you can choose 1-10 lb bass or 2-5 lbs bass or 3-3.33 lb bass, etc.
I know you can help the fish by fertilization but let's say a pond carries 10 lbs of bass. If your goal is to catch more bass if you only have that 1-10 lb bass your going to have fewer opportunities to catch fish than if you have 5-2 lbers. Our goal is to be able to give people an opportunity to catch more #'s of fish in the medium(2-6 lbs)range than going catchless but every once in a while catching a really big fish. So we have been taking out everything <12" and in theory taking out everything over 6 lbs. Anyone please comment on our system and based upon our goals where they would find fault with it. Interesting topic!