Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations It's 6:00 CST......I own a 7 acre........

Hornstrider,
Your lake sounds like a classic case of too many mouths, not enough to eat. The best scenario is this...understand it takes at least ten pounds of baitfish for a bass to gain a pound. Too many bass distributes too little food, so your fish aren't even maintaining their weight. Remove as many bass as you can while focusing on increasing the food chain with adult bluegill, a feeding program and monitoring aquatic vegetation. Lots of factors, but simply focusing on removing mouths and increasing bluegill will make a difference. One important note...don't worry about removing too many bass from your system. That's not likely. You probably have a bass spawning haven, so recruitment of bass into your system will not be the problem. And, if a bass if 50% underweight, he probably won't recover to a large size anyway. Younger fish will fill that niche. Take out all small bass, stock adult bluegill if you don't have any, and focus on bluegill production with floating fish food.