IMO It will take definitely more than a few HSB and LMB in 0.25 ac pond that has an established abundant population of golden shiners(GSH) to get them back into a reasonable density. This merges on the topic of can a pond have too many forage fish?
I think a similar pond should have around 18 to close to 30 adult predators (12"-18") to reduce an established and strong GSH population. Amount and type of habitat play roles here. Then as GSH numbers are monitored and their numbers are lowered, gradually reduce predator numbers. It is all about monitoring and numbers management for a resulting high quality fishery. It is often fairly easy for the ratio of prey vs predator to get out of balance depending on the species involved, their ages, sizes, and their ability to reproduce.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 10/19/22 09:34 AM.
