ewest thanks for post you beat me to it and stated it more clearly than I coudl have anyways. Shorty with those goals then I would not recommend removing the 5-8 inch bluegill. I feel they are now your spawners so leaving them will only increase chance of more bluegill recuritng to the desired 3-5 inches. Amazing you can not in your own pond harvest bass less than 12 inches. Good luck you are on the right track.

Greg Grimes
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