Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Pounds of feed for forage fish per Acre ?

J.E. Craig, unless you have feed trained LMB, feeding the fish in the pond won't help (much) in putting more weight on those LMB. You HAVE TO remove a bunch of them to ensure that there is enough forage fish of the correct size in the pond to feed those LMB.

Just like having too many cows in a pasture, fertilizing the pasture won't grow enough grass to feed them all. Supplemental feeding the cows will work, but ONLY if they are eating the feed.

Go buy a couple packages of Stubby Steves artificial fish food pellets and use them to fish with. Catch and release the TGC, they will swear off of the food for a while once caught. Catch the large male Tilapia and eat a few, ditto with the turtles, or just remove the excess from the pond.