I just found this site and thought someone might be able to help me with my problem. We have several small farm ponds and the newest one is ab 5-6 acres. When I say new I mean ab 15 yrs old. We were instructed to put the bluegill in first which we did and waited until the next year before we introduced the largmouth bass. After a couple of years we were catching really nice bass and not long afterwards we were regularly catching 5-7 pound bass and occasionaly an 8 or 9 pounder and a few 10 pound fish. We would always throw the 2.5 pound fish and bigger back and keep the smaller ones.
After a couple years of awesome fishing it got to where we would hardly catch anything over 4 pounds but all the fish seemed healthy. Over the past 5 yrs we haven't caught anything over 4 pounds. I thought it might be due to them being overpopulated but all the fish look very healthy.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks, Nate