Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - HELP Stocked bass weighing way less second year.

Hey everyone,

So as some of you know I stocked my bass in June 2017 and there first year in the pond they where growing great and looking like pigs, as you can see from the photo below which was taken last December. Well this month I did a sampling and they are way skinnier, some even with sunken bellys. Why is this? is this normal for Juvenal bass to lose weight going on there teenage years before they become mature fish? All the CNBG are doing great due to a feeding program and the adults are hand size and bigger, though few of them spawned shallow, most spawned in 8ft of water. I didnt have a giant spawn of CNBG but it was pretty good. The main forage in the pond is CNBG and minnows along the bank.I have now grass in the pond only hard structure like pallets, logs, and some sunken christmas trees. What do you think I can do to start getting weight back on my bass? feel free to ask any question to get a better back ground.

Man this post blew up while I have been gone! Sorry for the lack of info or reply to this but I was recalled to active duty in the military and was deployed. I will be back home late September, and with the money I have saved I will be making some upgrades to the pond which I am hoping will improve it alot. I will be adding 10X10 spawning areas for my CNBG with pea gravel bottom, aeration system with diffusers, adding more brush piles around the pond in 3-4ft of water with larger brush piles close to CNBG spawning site made from cedar branches, and last I will be removing atleast a dozen LMB that are in the 8-12" range the I see in wolf packs that circle the pond feeding on the 11/2"-2" YOY CNBG. I will be making videos of these improvements and and the progress of the results.