Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Corrective stocking ??? HUH!! Too many BIG bass

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The easiest way to fix the problem is to remove a lot of the Bass then add BG (Bluegills) large enough so they aren't eaten by the LMB (Largemouth Bass). With LMB at 6#, you will have to stock BG at least 8" long.......

Here's why.

A single LMB needs to eat 10# of fish to gain one pound of weight. I haven't seen any figures on what it takes to keep a LMB at it's weight, but I'd guess at half that number, depending on the size of the LMB.

A LMB prefers to eat fish 1/3 to 1/4 it's body length, but a hungry LMB will eat a larger fish.....

Do the calculations on how many LMB are in the pond and you'll quickly see that just adding fish is futile and very expensive.

You're not seeing smaller LMB because the larger LMB area eating them.