Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain stocking for quality bass

snrub, I stocked 35 feed trained LMB in the pond, and when I did, I tagged each and every one of them. Some have had the tags fall out over the years, but there is still a mark right under their dorsal fin where the tag was.

For the past 2 years the pond rule was "remove every CC caught and every LMB that doesn't have a tag". Now it's changed to "remove every LMB under 16 inches and if it's over 16 inches without a tag or evidence of a tag". I don't care if the LMB is 2" or 20" long. In the spring, I also sight fish when the LMB are spawning and will remove every male that I see on a bed. Next spring I will also remove every male SMB that I see on a bed.