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<blockquote data-quote="Djustice" data-source="post: 5042057" data-attributes="member: 7749"><p>One of his main points is an acre of water will only sustain so many pounds of fish. Actual amount is dependent on the quality of water you have but say it is 100 lbs. In a bass/bluegill pond that means you will have around 30lbs or bass and 70lbs of bluegill. Add any other species and you will take away from either the bass or bluegill depending on what species. If your goal is quality largemouth never add crappie because they eat the same thing. He doesn't ever recommend adding crappie to a lake unless it is over 50 acres. He also doesn't recommend adding forage fish do the cost and what you get in return. It takes something like 10 lbs of forage for a bass to increase 1 lb in weight. The best/cost effective thing you can do is consistently feed the bluegill. Bluegill will spawn up to 5 times a year if the conditions are right, providing plenty of forage for the bass. Once the bass reach a certain size though you HAVE to remove so many lbs of small ones a year or you will end up with stunted bass Might not be feasible for you but the absolute best thing you can do is drain and start over. Bass can get up to 10+ lbs in 4 years if the conditions are right. Anyway, those are some of the basics I've learned from him. His page is an encyclopedia of pond knowledge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Djustice, post: 5042057, member: 7749"] One of his main points is an acre of water will only sustain so many pounds of fish. Actual amount is dependent on the quality of water you have but say it is 100 lbs. In a bass/bluegill pond that means you will have around 30lbs or bass and 70lbs of bluegill. Add any other species and you will take away from either the bass or bluegill depending on what species. If your goal is quality largemouth never add crappie because they eat the same thing. He doesn't ever recommend adding crappie to a lake unless it is over 50 acres. He also doesn't recommend adding forage fish do the cost and what you get in return. It takes something like 10 lbs of forage for a bass to increase 1 lb in weight. The best/cost effective thing you can do is consistently feed the bluegill. Bluegill will spawn up to 5 times a year if the conditions are right, providing plenty of forage for the bass. Once the bass reach a certain size though you HAVE to remove so many lbs of small ones a year or you will end up with stunted bass Might not be feasible for you but the absolute best thing you can do is drain and start over. Bass can get up to 10+ lbs in 4 years if the conditions are right. Anyway, those are some of the basics I've learned from him. His page is an encyclopedia of pond knowledge. [/QUOTE]
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