When I started managing my pond a couple of years ago it was heavily bass crowded. I have removed about 200 bass and now have an explosion of forage fish as I had hoped to accomplish. There are very few bluegill that were not born this year that are under 9 inches.
I have a very healthy population of adult bluegill, mostly males in the 9 to 12 inch range. Is this a good thing for a trophy bass pond? I know they are producing a lot of offspring. Or are they competing with the younger bluegill that need to grow into that 4-7” ideal food size? As well as competing with my up-and-coming young bass? I am currently feeding MVP twice a day. If I need to harvest some is there a recommendation on how many in a 3 acre pond?

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