Last fall I stocked my new .5 acre pond with 20 5" walleye, along with some FHM. The following spring I added another 20 about the same size. A month later I added 100 1.5" HBG with about 20 4". A few weeks later I added about 80 5-8" BC. I have been adding gallons of FHM several diffrent times over the summer. I'm counting on the walleyes and HBGs not to spawn much, if at all. I have cought all three species and all have shown considerable growth. BC at 11", Walleye at 10" and HBG at 4". My problem is that I recently have found 1.5" BC in my traps. NOT GOOD. I was hopeing the BC would hold off on spawning until next spring. That would alow Walleye and HBG to develop alittle more size, to control my BC populations. Am I way out of line trying to stock BC useing walleye and HBG as PRED? Pond conditions. 11'deep, LOTS OF FROGS, had some F alge not to bad. Goal is a BC pond with out bass. Thank you for reading this long post and any replies.
