Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Too many minnows?

Man I wish I had that problem...I'd suggest adding some more LMB or HSB...or both. A bottom heavy food chain is just waiting for some nice top end predators to get in there and eat themselves silly.

I bet your original stocking is still there, just so fat and sassy you can't catch them. I drained a small pond on my place a few years ago that was chock full of nothing but GSF - I'd have bet money there was nothing else in there. Out came 11 FAT 3-4 lb LMB's when we drained it. And this pond was maybe 1/4 acre and tops 6 feet deep. I had no idea any predators were in there...no way to catch them, they were all filled to capacity with small GSF's...