Thanks guys. No other species currently in the pond. When in initially stocked 40 years ago, there were 50 channel cats put in, but they never reproduced. Most were poached by trespassers in the early 80's. Last one was seen in the summer of 02, when the pond was near empty from sever drought. I think most of the fish were lost that summer. Following year I put in 13 2# F1 LMB and they really took off. In 5 years we had some real monsters. But then I was away for a few years and haven't fished much since. I assume those are all gone.

What do I do about the blue gill now? Take out as many as I can until the bass start getting some size? I haven't measured them, but the largest I am getting are on the small side to fillet. There plenty of beds and they are actively breeding. We also have snapping turtles and herons. Not sure how much impact they have.