I was going to mention that your crappie were a decent size. What you are doing can only improve your BOW.
Added 400 small 2" bluegills/redears in late April
Added 275 medium bluegills in June
Been hand feeding the bluegill over last couple months - seems like the majority I see feeding are the ones I stocked in June and they have grown at least an 1-1.5" since stocking.
Bluegill seem to be spawning continously this summer as I see small fry in shallows.
My plan is to keep feeding bluegill - maybe add some more this month if I can get them as I think the bluegill are the key to getting forage for the bass.
The pond's watershield cover makes bass fishing difficult this time of year as they seem to be staying under the weeds. Leaning towards trying to kill off some of the shoreline watershield next spring with granular 2. 4-D to allow better access to shallow water fishing while hopefully leaving the grasses to grow.
Plan to hit the crappie hard in the spring and monitor the bluegill population. The bass population is on low side now so would like to add 100 F1 fingerlings next year to add some new genetics to pond.
