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I am definitely not a pro but if nice BG and BCP is you goal and you dun care about bass, FWIW IMHO a lot of small bass is not a bad thing (as long as you are not trying to grow huge bass). Make sure you have plenty of vegetation and other structure for the small BG to hide in and remove any LMB you catch bigger than say 14 inches .... with this approach you might end up with nice BCP but they will probably keep yer BG thinned out pretty good. You have to do yer part and harvest the bass at 14 inches! IMO yer BG are the guys you need to protect with BCP in the pond as the small BG will be the forage your BCP targets. IMO If you remove a ton of your small LMB now you will end up with a lot of small BCP in the future.

Again, I am not a pro.....