IMO mis-management of fish numbers is probably the biggest cause of poor fisheries and overall too many small fish. I renovated a 1/3 acre pond last Saturday. Collected after about 4 hrs about 7 gallons (abt 53 lbs) of fish biomass. Five of those fish were grass carp 14"-24" long(17 lbs), 5 CC(13"-22", 18.3lbs) and 3 LMB (6"-10" 1.1 lb) were brought up. Remaining fish (17 lbs) were small BG and crappie(BC); largest were 7". Definately unbalanced. Owner - aerated, fed low protein fish food, and used blue dye.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 10/12/10 11:37 AM. Reason: edits & clean up
