Bill, so my long term goal is to have a great bass pond, again. It turned over 4 years ago and lost all my big fish. Since, I've added aeration. It's helped so much, it's becoming an addiction "pond management." The bass number are very low, but my bluegill have gone through the roof "all size classes." My plan is to add feeders and a small restock of bass for hopefully some new genetics. Monitor my bass for a few years and see what happens. As far as harvesting for bass. I'll take every bass out I catch in that 10-15" range that RW are 100% or less. Possible some that are over 100%. Bluegill, I don't have a harvest plan for that yet. I'm just trying to get them as many and as big as I can for the bass. Speaking with another gentleman this evening on the phone.
He advised me not to get the hanging feeders, due to the fact they don't blow the feed out. He's worried I'll have clogging issues and mold. So there's that. Now I'll figure out how to get these feeders close to the water on the banks. All in all. I want to put a lot of fish in the freezer annually with the chance to catch a 7-8 lb size class or larger.
