Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Blue Gill harvest

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Ok, an answer for big bass fans - you have to provide appropriately sized forage for bass to eat and grow with efficiency. A 18" LMB can eat 3" BG, but he's going to spend much more effort to catch 15 or 20 of them to get the same amount of meat as it takes to catch one 6" BG. So one reason for possibly harvesting BG (like with a slot limit) is to shape your BG population to the size(s) your bass population needs the most.