The pond having lots of cattails at 60% coverage does provide lots of good hiding places for the perch and I would expect some to survive. Plus since you are removing a big percentage of the bass this also helps in small perch survival. You are doing the correct things to get YP to survive in a pond with LMbass. The ones that I know who are getting YP to survive in small ponds with LMB are removing every bass caught. It will be interesting to hear if the perch that hatch in the pond can survive to be adults. Your cattail infestation helps a lot for survival of small fish.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/05/15 11:32 AM.
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