Help with an Overstocked pond - 08/12/21 05:36 PM
I've been a member for a while, but I believe this is the first time I've posted. I've enjoyed reading through the posts... a lot of knowledge contained in them, but now have a problem that I hope someone can help me with. I have a 2-1/2 acre pond that is overstocked with LMB. I've been catching and keeping LMB out of it over the past year. The size and number of LMB caught has been decreasing. Currently, I'm catching about 4 in an hour of fishing with conventional tackle; all less than 14 in long. The last fishing trip, I noticed what looked like a school of fish on my depth finder. I backed off and threw a crappie sized swimbait and immediately caught 3 approximately 6 in bass. Also, I set a perch trap to see what was there. I left the trap at 2 locations for an hour each and caught 5 small BG total. What should be my next step? Down scale to crappie lures to catch small fish? Stock BG? Thanks in advance for the help!