Ok Guys, I went out an fished for the first time a 2 acre NW Missouri pond this A. M. Pond is said to be 11 years old. Deployed 2 bait fish traps for 2 hours. Caught no bait fish. Caught 50 to 60 LMB all 6" to 10" long. All looked more like marathon runners instead of weight lifters. Clearly a severe case of no forage base and under harvest. Questions : are these bass all stunted and not candidates for relocation to other waters or are they just young ones? Will stunted fish "come out of it" if moved to a good forage situation or once a runt, always a runt? At what length of the fish do you decide it is stunted and should become racoon food?
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