How do you increase forage in an pond with existing bass ? Dumping in a few thousand 2"-4" bluegill seems like I'd only be creating a nice temporary buffet for the existing fish. The pond(~ 4 acres) is around 9 or 10 years old and has never been managed and rarely fished. I'm hoping to change that. Recently, I fished the pond for an hour and caught 10 bass, all between 13" and 15". Obviously, the pond needs some kind of culling operation. A few years ago, 4 plus pound bass were caught.