sebof, as you've indicated that you are aware, you may have a great thing going.

When I first got our 6-7 acre pond, I believe it had a good natural balance. LMB were the main predator, and I had a good population in the 4 to 5+ pound range (not too bad for a northern pond with no feed or management). That was about 7 or 8 years back, and I only found Pond Boss about 2.5 years ago. In the early years, I certainly did some things without knowing the impacts, and without really knowing what all was in my pond.

So you are in a good spot to pitch ideas and get answers.

I think you are doing a safe step in culling some LMB in those size ranges. If you keep at those rates, gradually culling, you will no be doing drastic changes while learning all about the pond. Plus, some level of LMB culling will most likely be a necessary step on your path to trophy LMB.

My only caution would be to do all the things possible to know as much about the fish in your lake before doing anything drastic. Twenty acres is a nice, big piece of water, and it seems as someone had done something right with it. It does seem like you know a good bit about it already, so congrats on some nice work done.

I didn't even know I had Yellow Perch until about 3 or 4 years after I had my place.

Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."