Hello everyone, I'm new to the board.

A little background....I built a new 12.5 acre lake in central Al and dammed up in 12/02. Primary purpose is to grow big bass. Stocked bream (1000/ac) in 2/2003 followed shortly by fathead minnows (2000/ac) and a mixture of bass, F1 and fla, (80/ac) in 6/2003. The lake has been well fertilized since early 2003. Began fishing for bass in late summer of 2004.

I began harvesting all bass under 1-lb in sept 04. I've pulled out about 110lbs. to date. Since the beginning of the year, I have caught a handful of 2+lbs, 3 3+lbs, and in the last 4 weeks, 3 4+lbs. All of these fish were weighed and released.

I have a couple of questions for you guys. Should I continue pulling all the smaller bass (1-lb or less)out and release the larger ones? We are still catching a ratio of about 10:1 of bass 1-lb or less. Do I need to start harvesting a few of the the larger bass? Any thoughts would be appreciated.