Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Corrective stocking I Have a Plan… Almost

One thing to consider is that a fish has a finite life span, BUT they grow continually up to the very end. So, it's better to have a 10" LMB in the pond that is 9-10 months old than one that is 5 years old.

Plus removing as many of the smaller, stunted LMB as possible gives whatever forage fish that are stocked a better chance of surviving and reproducing.