Its 6 acre 40 year old rather fertile with two large (2 acre total) of shallows, main area is 5 to 10 ft deep. It had a fish kill for first time ever in August four years a go. The BG was all very uniformly thick large fish before that kill. I�d say at that time (before kill) you would call this a large BG pond with lots of medium bass with nil yellow belly. The nice BG size had been consistent for least last 10 years. It was hard if ever to catch anything small.
Then 3 years a go with lots of minnows present (LMB, BG, some Yellow Belly Catfish) added fish (some mistakes I see now). Fish added were 60# LMB, 100# HBG, 100# Channel Catfish and 15 lbs of Flathead Minnows. The new LMB can be identified easily by their color and markings both native and new are doing very well growing. Some were in low 4 LBS range last fall. The BG really hasn�t gotten back to sizes before the kill yet. The CC are probably in 4 lbs range with few over 6 LBS wish they were gone.
There was one feeder last 3 years but it was inconsistent operating. It did have a positive impact with growth rates of LMB near it. There will be two good feeders (TH & S) going this year a long with another older two that might work all the time because of new timers.
I would hope to add some adult BG but adding a fish box to grow out smaller BG looks like feasible option from a cost standpoint!
