Took the kids out tonight and the gills were really biting. I caught 2 fat, very full of eggs females so they are about to spawn which leads to my questions. First my pond is 1/8 acre and 11 ft at full pool which its at and above right now steep sides (basically a bowl) and a water table pond
First question is I stocked a little of everything last fall before I found this site, hbg, yp, lmb, cc, fhm, and black crappie. I was pretty sure I killed everything over the winter by leaving my diffuser to deep but tonight I caught 2 hbg from my stocking last fall( at least I think see pics below) in addition to the regular bluegill I stocked this spring(50). Should I stock lmb this fall to keep the bluegills in check? I plan on stocking 8"-10" yp this fall again so I get s spawn next spring and wanted to wait till next year for the lmb but without any predators in there for sure I don't want the bg to get out of control
Second, if I can get them now should I put in the yp ASAP to help with the very small bg and hold of on the lmb?
Third, just to confirm my id are these hbg?
And here is a pic of one of the female bg
