Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Corrective stocking Adding Forage for LMB

I read your other post. I would take out every LMB that was less than 14" that you catch. Typically you want to add TS right befor they spawn, so you get the benefit of them spawning. Does your pond have a good BG or CNBG population? BG or CNBG are typically the best forage for the majority of LMB. You can help that forage base by feeding them. Personally, for up here, I like both BG and GS (Golden Shiners) for LMB forage.

With the LMB in there, it will be hard to get a prey population established, many of the stocked prey will be eaten.

You will have faster results by removing LMB than by stocking forage, even quicker results by doing both. Tilapia will only survive down to 65 degrees water temp. I don't know what water temp they need to pull off a sucdessful spawn.

Rule of thumb, 10# of forage will put 1# of weight on ONE LMB. Now think of how many #'s of forage you'd have to stock......
That's why it's more effective to remove LMB.