Hello Judge and welcome to Pond Boss. In order to help out the experts:
You mentioned that you stocked 1000 4-6 inch fish. Were these Largemouth Bass?
Were there any sunfish in the pond prior to the dam breech?
Have you tried fishing specifically for sunfish? Perhaps using live worms?
I'm asking these questions to give the experts an idea of what is in the pond.
The "normal" approach to pond stocking is to build a forage base first, then introduce predators.
A seven acre pond is a very nice sized pond and has tons of potential.
A very easy recommendation is for you to learn as much about ponds as possible and since this pond is co-owned with other people if you can get them educated and excited about managing the pond then it will make management decisions easier.
There are several really good books that I recommend. If you go to the
books section there are several very useful books. I highly recommend "Raising Trophy Bass" (even if you do not intend to manage your pond for trophy bass this is an excellent book) and "Perfect Pond....Want One?
Also if you click on the Free Pond Boss Articles in the upper left you will be magically led to a web page that contains a multitude of free pond articles. I highly suggest that you read through these articles they contain fabulous information and they are absolutely free. Yep free, no strings attached, no hidden fees, no buy one - get one free offer, no "but wait... there's more."
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