Chart all species RW and compare. If one starts going down then change mgt approach to fix. Have you done seine and/or shock survey ? What you are missing from a mgt stradegy is what is going on with hatch/yoy/small fish- yrs 0-2 . If you can also watch that you will have a head start on possible pending problems . The big problem with crappie is when you have a giant spawn . They happen and are next to impossible to predict or manage .
No seine or shock survey done, and none planned. I keep an eye on my shallows - that combined with analysis of stomach contents fairly regularly would be how I check the YOY and up fish population.
Again, with a basically free range BG population, thus far having forage hasn't been a problem. Right about now I can make a lap around the pond and count literally hundreds of BG on beds.
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