I have a LMB, BG pond for the most part. My pond is 1 acre in size and I have tried to achieve the best of both worlds in my pond and IMO I have.
If you nuke your pond I would get larger BG right away and some more RES. Get them in the spring or this fall if you can get 3 to 5 inch BG I would say go for it. They would be bedding up that very next spring/summer and making little ones before you know it. I think I read here somewhere that BG will start to spawn at 4 inches so there you go. Let them go till the next spring. Add some more FHM when you want nothing wrong with that. Then the following spring I would add my bass. I would put like 25 fingerling bass in there. Your BG and RES will be way ahead of the curve and your bass will eat on both the FHM and the BG so the pressure on the BG won't be to bad off right away still.
If you feed your BG and you have air setup that would be even better. I don't think just HSB would do it I have like 20 of them and they just don't seem to eat enough course mine are food trained also, but they are a good bonus fish.
After 4 years here is what I have now.
1 pound BG Up to 4 pound bass Up to 4 pound HSB
Here are some of my results and you can do it too!!
Last edited by RC51; 07/15/1507:39 AM.
The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
