I'm obviously in the minority on this site but I've proven in my pond that if you manage them correctly BCP can be a fine fish in smaller waters....I'd be a little more leery with a pond that small, but in my large pond (6.5 acres) I'm 10 years in and everything is perfect. We've already taken out almost 100 BCP this year, all of them in the 11-15" range and thick as can be. This has been the norm for this pond it's whole life.

Our trick is similar to others here, keep both the predators (LMB and HSB) and the food source (BG) heavy. We rarely take out any of either, with our primary focus being on the BCP.

To date we've taken over 2000 BCP out, every single one over 10". I keep track of every fish removed, their size and RWE.

Dale

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