Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations HELP Stocked bass weighing way less second year.

" I didnt have a giant spawn of CNBG but it was pretty good."

I misread this part.. I read it as you DID have a giant spawn..If it was just "ok", probably lack sufficient numbers of forage. Agree whole-heartedly with TJ, need some dense cover to protect larger numbers for higher recruitment and it may be such now that you will need to remove some of those bass. This is the hard part of "playing catch-up".. Got to get CNBG recruitment back up to support LMB growth. Now that I've typed that, depending on WR of present fish, it may be best to plan on pulling some bass out because you can't make up for lost efficiency/lack of forage, you never achieve maximum total growth potential. The chain on this year class has been broken to some extent. Reporting WR of current LMB will be very important in determining the next step.