Originally Posted by Pond Star
1) Is there any information out there about how many bass should be in a lake based on the lake's acreage ?
2) What do you think about the idea of introducing BG to increase the forage for the bass (combined with a larger scale bass thinning effort)

1. A lake's carrying capacity (how many fish/weight) per acre depends on its productivity. I have seen natural productivity vary from 50 to 2000 lbs per acre. So there is no one answer to how many lbs of LMB per acre. Best way to gauge that is with RW of the LMB. It is a common suggestion in LMB crowded waters to remove 20 to 30 lbs per acre per year. This is from a thread last week.

Prof Dick Anderson - he wrote the book literally on LMB RW and PSD. See below for LMB size structure. This is for northern/regular LMB.


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Keep taking <12 in bass until the number 8-12 equals number 12-15. Ideal pond structure is 40% 8-12, 40% 12-15 and 20% 15+

2. What else is in the lake other than LMB and Crappie? BG could work but will be a chore to get started with so many hungry mouths to feed. It can be done though.

Last edited by ewest; 08/03/23 01:18 PM.