Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Evaluating New Pond and New Fish

Thanks JPS. Just going off of what the fish are presenting, and the traps are showing and some useful info here on PB. I had planned on doing some supplemental forage this year but ramped it up over 50% and moved it ahead on date due to what I was seeing on site in the traps and drops in RW of the LMB. I'm hopeful that forage will fire on all cylinders next year with spawns and this will just be a hiccup that I got to learn from.

Not counting on having anything on the FHM left.
I am hopeful that the GAMs will remain in the pond. I think they will be good for the YP and BG.
YP should have no reason not to as they have been in the pond for a full year and were stocked at 4-7".
Hopefully some of the GSH are remaining and will fire off next year as well.
I know the BG are in the 6-7" range from original stocking so no doubt they will be banging out babies as well.
Add of the TP trying to purposely hold back some of the males.

LMB with lower performance will likely get brought home for supper which I hope helps with the forage pops overall. Much easier in my opinion to cull the LMB than do an emergency stocking of forage to get things back on track. Not that I wouldn't do it again if "needed".

If there's one I'm still trying to figure out it is Crays vs RBT but I'll work on that another day. Be good to have some winter reading!