Your chubs grow big eating pellets. When I set wire mesh traps in the creek for minnows I always catch lots of those creek chubs. I would try setting some baited traps with openings big enough the large chubs can get into the trap to see how many chubs you can remove. Maybe build yourself one of those clover leaf traps shown on YouTube. Trout should grow big eating chubs in your pond if they survive your summers.

Build the trap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLyhZ0x1dx0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5DNd0ubSGE&t=39s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52qMDXo1dhg&t=2s

Fish in the trap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQUsdAR7N6Q&t=169s

Last edited by Bill Cody; 05/03/20 08:55 PM. Reason: update

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