Originally posted by dave in el dorado ca:
how closely do you guys follow this recommendation?
D.I.E.D,
Not at all...zero. I almost never remove a BG from my ponds...only to very rarely eat and/or use a fish that was dead from an angling event.
Personally, I think the recommendation to remove every BG that you catch in Southern ponds stinks. For my Southern ponds, that is probably one of the most absurd recommendations I have ever read. I catch thousands of BG year-after-year. Never have removed a single BG except as noted above.
I'm not bragging, just illustrating a point...but I'll put my BG size and distribution and health up against any pond, anywhere.
