Originally Posted By: JC03
Essup, what's your definition of "lots of smaller bass"? At the end of the day this pond is for the kids, but I really like fishing for LMB......



14" and under. I'm not saying that all the LMB will be that size, but the majority will be. At the start, the LMB will grow larger than that, but as more and more LMB are in the pond, they will not get as big. My buddy feeds his fish, and wants large BG. We're taking out LMB that are 2#-4#, trying to keep the LMB population under 14".

You could keep a few larger ones in there, but they will get hook shy after a while. The larger the LMB, the fewer large BG you will have.

If you want to have a few large LMB in there, get a tagging kit from Greg Grimes, and tag say 10 of them. Any LMB over 14" that isn't tagged comes out, if it's tagged, it stays in.


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