Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Too Many Bluegill?

The plumper bass that you caught either had eggs or had just eaten a fish or two. Thin bass were likely males or freshly spawned out females. I think you will get a small spawn of bass in 2006. Some northern bass had a late spwan in 2006 due to weather conditions. Hopefully your bgill were not too abundant to prevent a successful recruitment of 2006 new LMB. You should be seeing some new bass about 1.2" - 2" long in July. If you don't see any small bass 2"-4" long in September, I would buy some 2"-4" bass and add them to the pond; around 25-40 fingerlings per acre. This will provide you a 2006 year class of bass. You may need to thin some 2005 and 2006 bass in 2007 & 2008. Assuming most survived, 90 LMB was a lot to initially stock into a 0.6 acre pond.