Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Could bass have died?

Love Camelot Bell/Lone Star Legacy Floridas, have some in my pond. But large ones which only have to open their mouths to get all the fresh fish they want will be extremely difficult to catch on an artificial lure.

If I had to guess, most are still alive & growing fat on all those BG, but are almost uncatchable outside of using live bait. Excess BG have suppressed LMB spawning, too, or you'd have caught some little ones. In your shoes, I'd stock some very aggressive northern strain LMB for both catchability and to crossbreed with the Floridas. I did something similar myself after blundering my initial stocking and have never regretted it.