I've only been managing ponds actively for the last two or three years so am really a novice. Keep that in mind as I ask questions or make suggestions.
But I have learned enough that I think I can ask intelligent questions to help you think about the process.
So much is going to depend on your goals for the fishery, and you have not yet stated them. Very important to know what you want the end result to look like as well as important for the experts to also know before they can make recomendations.
You say there are only small fish. That could be a very good thing is all the small fish happen to be BG and you want a trophy LMB fishery. Just add LMB. Likely it is not that simple, but you see what I am getting at by knowing that there "are only little fish". A lot of small BG is a different situation than a lot of small LMB.
Do you want a trophy fishery with trophy LMB, or a kids fishery where you pull something in with every cast, or a pan fish fishery for table fare, or something altogether different than any of those? The recommendation on how you should proceed could be vastly different depending on what you are after for the end result.
For example I like a pan fish fishery, with little desire for trophy size fish. So the experts recommendation for my BOW might be vastly different than for someone wanting fewer but larger fish.
So if you can give us what your definition of your "dream fishery" is, the experts will have a lot more to work with. Also if you can give some species and sizes of the "small fish" caught, that will also give some insight of what you currently have to work with.
Hope this helps.
Last edited by snrub; 08/03/15 03:51 PM.
