In my pond, we have LMB ranging from fingerlings up to 22" plus in length. I wanted to start doing some slot limit culling this season.

I wanted to look at culling LMB in the range of 8 - 10".

However, last fall I added about 40 LMB in the 8-10" range to help mix up the gene pool. I also added about 10 LMB in the 12-14" range last fall and 10 more LMB in the 12 - 14" range a few weeks ago; this was all for the gene pool (as the current LMB population were from the 1970's). FYI: last fall's LMB were from a fishery in Illinois, and the LMB from a few weeks back were from Arkansas.

Obviously, I don't want to cull some LMB that I just put in, so any suggestions on a rough game plan?

For instance, is it any benefit to cull LMB in the 6-8" range, etc.

Thanks in advance.
Sunil

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