Depending on how frequently anglers fish it, keeping all LMB less than 16" is evidently a good start. Removing that size group should continue to allow you to maintain the high numbers of forage which keeps remaining bass growing well. Do you have any idea how many bass were removed from 10 acres in 2020? Do you monitor the CPUE (catch per unit effort) of all anglers? This would be LMB caught per hour of each angler.
I went out in my little pontoon boat yesterday afternoon with a friend. We threw some spinners and crank baits for an hour. Together we caught 12 fish and 4 good ones got off. The biggest was 16 1/2 inches long and weighed 2.66 lbs. The second biggest was 16" long and weighed 2.24 lbs. Most of them were 12"-14", but the 4 that didn't make it to the boat (probably a bad hook set) would have been pretty good, guessing 5+ lbs.
Based on that catch rate, do you think I need to take out more fish?
FYI, the water had cleared up quite a bit over the last two weeks so I put out another 50 lbs. of 0-60-0.
