No idea why I started the videos. Just thought they were fun (as I acknowledge they are simple and probably boring to others).
I was kind of bored this evening and watched almost all of your videos, I believe one could get a better understanding of your excitement from catching that big bass if they knew the back story and your end goal.
I would be the same as you if I pulled a monster out once or twice every few years.
What you are trying to do is a hard undertaking, I was about to do the same thing before Bob Lusk got me in touch with an awesome pond management guy and we decided to eradicate and start over.
Unfortunately from what I have learned over the last 8 months, that big bass is probably doing more harm than good.
I see you have stocked forage a few times and those fish have no chance to reproduce.
Why so many crawfish? I assume that was 25# or more, those things reproduce at an alarming rate, hopefully in the next few years they don’t muddy up the pond too much.
F1’s, Genes, etc. will mean nothing if the fish are never given a chance to grow.
I was given the analogy and it stuck with me from day 1.
Go to McDonald’s and get a #1 for dinner, next time take your wife with you and share that same #1,
Down the road, take your wife and kids with you and share that same meal, eventually you will all be stunted.
