We have a 7-acre pond, 25 ft at the deepest. We fertilize when water is above 60 deg. Pond has LMB, Bluegill, Channel Cats, Crappie, and threadfin shad. The shad were put into the pond several years ago. It appears to me that the bass are eating shad instead of bluegill. Our bluegill population seems to have a high proportion of runts and very few big ones anymore. The LMB tend to be big ones. 2 - 4 pounders typical with some 10+. I would like to have more decent-sized bluegill in the pond.
Would it make any sense to put a small school of hybrid stripers (maybe 25 - 50?) in the pond to eat the shad? Then perhaps the LMB would eat more bluegill? Tell me if this is a dumb idea or an ok idea.... thanks.
