Ewest, it was a late fall count for a fisheries class at UNL back in the mid 90's, based on the low recapture rates they estimated the LMB population at 205 LMB per acre with lots' of 6" LMB. We did remove 20-25 lbs. of LMB per acre last year with no noticable decrease in the catch rate until August of last summer, even though the majority of the LMB were removed by mid June. We took out 240 LMB in the 10" to 16-3/4" range and of those half of them were 14-1/2" or better.
You should see all of the 1" or less BG in the pond right now, I must have seen 2000-3000 of them last Sunday in and along the flooded grass, and those are just the ones I actually saw. It would not suprise me if there are 10 times that many in there right now.
Did I mention that we do have high phosphate levels in the pond? :p
