Thank you for your time & ideas. I agree & have started to institute most all of them. I have been keeping a log since May of this year with 23 LMB removed & 6 Bullhead catfish. All have been measured & weighed. Right at the moment I can't give you the total weight, I am thinking about numbers not pounds. My goal was to remove 30 LMB. The Bass now seem to be hook shy. I catch one now & then. I will try more fishing from my canoe when I have time.

Bream smaller than 6" & LMB smaller than 10" are almost non existent in the pond. While I have not determined the relative weights of the bream. The ones I have caught appear on the skinny side. My reason for feeding the bream is to have them in their best breeding condition for next spring's spawn. I am thinking a better spawn & more fry. Allowing weeds to develop near shore to become areas for small fish to hide. The pond has almost weed free for the last 25 years. An idea came to mind after seeing some plastic expensive spawning beds on the internet. The pond has only one good spawning area that I have been able to find. I made 12 "Craig's Canoodling Beds for Bream" for less than $15. each. We will see if there is a second spawning bed next spring. If successful, I will share their construction.

Had not thought about the Stubby Steve's. There is only one TGC 3+' & about 10 years old he should not have to many years left. I could tolerate the tilapia if I knew I had some females. Pond gets cold enough to slow them down & make them easy prey but not kill them all.

Goals for '24: Take out as many predator fish as I can. Continue to keep accurate log. Feed forage fish to get good spawns. For the life of me I have no idea if I have any female Tilapias in the pond. If I see a better population of bream & the relative weights of the LMB shift, I will consider adding tilapia again.

My question about the amount of feed/acre was to help me confirm I was on the right tract. I got to many skinny LMB & much to few skinny forage fish.