Originally Posted by Abaggs
Thanks for the advice. Sounds great. I don't think I'll be able to deploy a shock boat but should be able to field an army of anglers with livescope. The pond currently has largemouth, crappie, bluegill, pumkinseed, golden shiner, and chain pickerel. I'm thinking harvest every bass that doesn't meet my criteria, and every crappie big enough to eat. I've found a fairly local food bank that will take the fish. Does this sound like a decent plan to you? I'll probably have the pond shocked next spring to get a good electro survey.

It would be more advantageous to have the survey done when the water level is low. Easier to shock the fish, easier to see them to net them. Plus you will get fish that won't bite on a hook or that anglers aren't targeting. For example like these:

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