Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Yellow Perch and LM Bass

Welcome to the forum, Red! My thought on the FHM is that fish the size you currently have will have absolutely no problem dining on a full grown FHM, so they may be hard to get started as a forage source. I tried adding 3 pounds of them to a 1/2 acre pond of skinny LMB and a nice sized BG population. I think they were gone in about 10 minutes! Fish were hitting all over the place, much more than is typical for our pond. I also had a ton of vegetation at the time and had released the fish into a specific area with lots of growth and some rock structure I added for them. They swam right past it all and out into the open jaws of the other fish, which range from a bit smaller than your to a max (at least that I've caught) of about 17 inches.