Pat in my experience with several new ponds the bullfrogs go gangbusters for the first year or two. Then when predators like LMB get some size, they get a lot more scarce.
I had a bunch last year in my RES/SMB pond. This will be year 3 for it and I am curious if they go by the wayside with the SMB as predator as compared to LMB in my other ponds.
I will still see a half dozen bullfrogs in my main pond that is going on 7 years. But not the loads of bullfrog tadpoles like I did when the pond was younger. One 6# LMB caught this spring so that would eat a pretty big bullfrog. (I don't manage for large bass as I am more of a pan fish angler).
