one of my acre big ponds have alot of 6lb bass and big catfish and crappie and perch and stuff in them....but i have alot of smaller bass and am wanting them to get bigger. i never really see any baifish around the pond....usually only small ditch minnows that are less than 1 inch long. i have tried putting other bigger minows in but seems like bass always eat them all up before they can start a population. like after a while they all disappear. is there any way to substain larger minnow population over time without the bass eating them all. any comments of suggestion i would really appreciate. i would like to get this problem fixed for good.