Started seining this past weekend, keeping numbers of "good bass", one 12.5, another 11.5 lbs., all the golden shiners, and all the bluegill and redear, from 1" to big brood fish. Unfortunately the first day kept some gizzard shad too, the second day of seining produced another 30 good bass including a 9 lb. LM, lots of crappie, which were promptly thrown aside, and tons more gizzard shad. I only transferred good bass, bluegill, and goldies to the holding area. When the time comes to release all held fish back into main lake, I will double check the fish released to make certain someone didn't accidentally keep a crappie, and will discard the gizzards as well, didn't realize they had grossly overpopulated in 5 years. My crew will finish up seining the "last puddle" this coming Saturday, the question I have is "how many bluegill is too many?". I feel like keeping all I can get my hands on, but could I end up with too many? Thanks in advance for any advice, JJ
