Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Should I take out blue gills

I think you can safely remove 10-15/ac(up to 45) of the biggest(9"+) bluegill each year. Larger bass are eating BG smaller than the largest BG. Once the largest BG reach 6-7yrs old in the south, these older BG will die of old age and you could get some food use from them rather than have then die and waste them. Oldest BG that die of old age are often not seen and decompose on the bottom.