Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - About this bluegill problem of mine

I've got them and I don't want them, so now I have to figure out how to get rid of as many of them as possible.
The big ones are pellet hogs so they won't be a lot of trouble to catch out.
It's their babies that are going to be the problem.

I'm thinking I'll start by building a couple scaled-down B traps. Use 1/4" mesh and make the opening say 1/2"x 2 1/2" and see how that does.
I catch a few every day in an unbaited torpedo trap, so I have to think the B trap will catch a lot more of them.

Seining is an option. I have a 4'x20' seine. Probably need one more along the lines of 6'x40' to be effective.

Fyke net would be best probably. If anyone knows where I could buy one made from 1/4" mesh I would love to have that info.

Draining/nuking is not an option. Adding LMB is not an option. 5lb flathead is not an option.
I know that I'll never be 100% rid of them. I just need to keep them under control.

If there's something I haven't thought of toss it out there.

Thanks, SG. The mini-B trap worked great on it's maiden soak. Didn't put any bait in it. Had three bullfrog tadpoles and eight mixed-bag sunfish up to 3".
I put it in a bit deeper than I've been putting the torpedo trap. That one had two baby RES, four FHM, and half a dozen PK shrimp in it this morning.

I've gotta say the $20 I spent on PK from the ebay guy has turned out to be money well spent. I've caught way more of them than what I put in last summer.

Think I'm going to go ahead and sort the sunfish that I have caged now. I've seen enough of them over the past few weeks that I can pretty much tell a RES
from the rest. I believe that some of them are RES hybrids. For now I think anything that doesn't look 100% RES is going into the creek.