New to the forum and have alot of ? First is- we have about 5 acre family pond that is very old and used to be a pay pond in South Ga. It is now a private pond but does get unregulated fishing from time to time(probably more often than I know).Over the last couple years I have noticed a steady decline in the numbers of bass and especially large bass(3+lbs) and decrease in brim population but an explosion of shiners. I never new the pond had them until my wife caught one last week that was 7". Talked to an elderly man that was brim fishing today and he said in the past he would catch one ocassionally but nothing like this, he had a pile of about 15 he was throwing in the woods. What could be the problem? To many large bass have been taken out? Do I remove the small bass? What can be done to fix this? I've always catch and release in this pond, but can't really say what others are doing. Should I keep some of the smaller bass? any suggestions would be appreciated!