I have a post going in another thread but thought I’d start a new one here to see if I get anymore advice. have 0.4 acre pond dug last fall stocked with fhm. This spring I put in 100 perch 3-8”) and 50 res(3-4”). I put out a minnow trap last week in 3 different spots for no more than 10min in each location and caught 7what I believe to be standard bg. My plan was to have a yp, res, smb pond. Would it be wise to bite the bullet and start over now since it is unlikely SMB will keep up with the bg? How many years will I get before I have too many stunted bg and need to add lmb or start over then? My goals are to have a pond for the kids to swim in and do a little fishing. I’m not looking for trophy class sizes and would like to have enough to harvest for dinner a few times a year. Here is the pic of what is believed to be a bg. It may be a res I’m just thinking with the amount I caught in short period of time that it is unlikely the res spawned that much?
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