JOhn to state in another way what Dave said. It appears the harvest of bass has worked to increase aveargae bass size. It also has done what Dave mentioend it has lowered the average size of your bluegill. Youi mentioned mostly 5-7 inch. Why did the bluegill size go down, easy becasue you have more. So is it bad they guys are taking out this many, probably not if you want to increase bluegill size but yes if you want to continue to produce bass food. Once again it boils down to goals.
Dave I did say that and it is true most clients want to produce big bass and do not really care if average bluegill size is lower. However most lakes have the opposite they have too many bass b/c in I deal with city folks that have property in the country and they never take out enough bass.
The grass is always greener too it seems. Earlier this year we shocked several good bass out of a 2 acre pond. I commneted most of my clients would be super happy with this, guess what he likes catchin' slab bluegill and was tired of all the 5 inch bluegill and few big ones. SOld him some bass from a client that had too many, problem solved. I guess this is what keeps us busy
