Thanks for the reply. That makes sense about the forage sizes and I will remember that when the bass become catchable again. I took a look at those charts and will use them in the future.
I caught a nice trout today and it was very healthy and seemed fat enough. It was 20" but I don't have a scale, unfortunately. I tried looking in the stomach when I gutted it but didn't see anything. I might have done it wrong though. Anyways, is it possible for the bass and trout to have almost no effect on each other, considering that the trout are inactive when the bass are active? For example, the trout are just beginning to bite but the bass have stopped feeding almost entirely. That will be a key understanding for managing my pond.
