Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Corrective stocking tons of clams and snails

He could also just have too many bass. Why not thin the predators? What is the relative weight (Wr) of a sampling of your bass? If bass are very easy to catch you probably have too many bass. I suspect taht you are seeing lots of small sunfish because the abundant bass have then pushed into shallow water for refuge??? Is the pond weedy esp in mid-summer as questioned? Without proper harvest of an 18 ac pond bass can easily become overcrowded. This can be good or bad depending.