Do you have any 'good' friends, family members, neighbors or good doers that were eager you to help stock your pond? Those bass could have been from this year's hatch of a couple bass stocked early since the hatchlings had lots of food. They may have also been fingerlings stocked with the other fish. Do you still have the receipt of what was stocked from Overtons? A few real early stocked bass could have eaten a lot of the fish stocked by Overtons? You may not have all that much forage available now if a lot of it was consumed early, thus the slender bodied bass.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 12/05/14 11:07 AM.

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