Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Corrective stocking how large do BG need to be with 12" - 15" LMB

LMB will typically eat a fish 1/4 it's body length, but can also suck down 1/3 it's body length. Typically for a "standard" 1 ac pond, it's 10 to 20 BG to LMB, and it wouldn't hurt to swap 25% of those BG for RES if they will grow in your area. Depending on your goals for the pond, 50-100 LMB per acre (if you want to grow LMB larger quickly) or 200 LMB per acre (if you want to grow large BG and you have a feeding program in place). The RES will feed towards the bottom, and eat snails, which are part of the life cycle of some fish parasites. CC will eat BG too, but their mouth gape is small compared to a LMB of the same size.

GSH will do fine for forage for LMB. LMB can eat a fish about 1/2 it's length if the fish if fusiform in shape.

RES should survive in your area unless you're way up in the mountains.