Lake/Fish???

[Ranchy]

I have a 10-12 acre lake that has been stocked for at least 20 years. The question I have is how do you find out if the lake is overstocked & what needs to be done as far as size of fish to keep, etc.

 

[trealtree]

gill net or Seine netting. and read this Pg 20-30

http://www.tnfish.org/FarmPondManagemen ... gement.pdf

 

[Ranchy]

Thanks, I'm concerned cause i fished the other day for about 1- 1/2" hours and caught 17 bass, 1 crappie and 1 bream. The crappie and bream were fine but out of the 17 bass there were only 2 big enough to even think about keeping.

 

[Tree Tramp]

Sample seining, shocking, gill net all good ways.

Some more good info

http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php

 

[Tree Tramp]

Might look at your forage base if bass are skinny.

 

[population control]

Clay ,, how big was the bass, inch wise ? and crappie ?