Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations need advise on a bass theory

Tom:

I can provide some LMB growth comparison data. I doubt your October 03 fingerlings had much time to grow in 2003, so I would consider them to have a season and a half under their belts. At the cooresponding time, my 3"-4" LMB stockers (not pellet trained and I have never seen them eat more than 6 pellets total) ranged from 8" to 12". So it looks like your bass may be a little behind mine, on average.

I believe you have talked about your disappearing cats before here. At least CC are cheap to replace.

I can't remember how many LMB you put in, but you could add more from other source(s) if you are concerned about genetic diversity. If your current bass are truly deficient, new bass and their offfspring should outcompete them in the longterm.