I would take a few choice fish in each species, but I wouldn't clean the pond out.

If and when I ever sell my pond, I'm going to sell it to a person who likes to fish, and we're going to go fishing before price negotiations.

Dude (potential buyer) would have to have a mean poker face to not to compromise his negotiating position after hooking into numerous 3-4lb.+ SMB
and HSB.

Then, if the guy tries to hardline me, I'll tell him that I can take a lower price, but I'm going to remove more fish.

I would have also informed him that I'm taking some fish regardless of sale price, and I'd give him a quantity and I would stick to it.

You don't put a smallmouth through graduate school and then leave him.

Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."