I have had permission to fish a couple ponds near my house for a couple years now (they are my uncles). They aren't very far apart and are each about 2 1/2 acres and 8 ft deep. One of the two seems to have more forage and produces better fish, some near the five-six pound mark. However, it also supports an amazing amount of bluegill, many in the ten inch range.  The bass have forage other than the small bluegill, like frogs and bugs, so my question is, would removing some or even all the bluegill and putting them in the other pond cut the pressure and allow the bass to thrive more? Or am I cutting out an essential food item. I'm quite uninterested in catching the bluegill anyway, so would the bass population really grow at all?

Thanks for reading and answering.

 I mainly fish ponds and small lakes and the best ones have a ratio of bass to bluegill (don't know what it is and may not be important here). If either side of the ratio gets very far off, the lake or pond goes downhill rapidly. IMHO 1 or 2 people that keep their catch can wipe out a pound in less than a season. Maybe not fish it "dry" but the ratio is so far off it won't survive :'(.

 Keeping this in mind if the pond you are taking from is really healthy it shouldn't hurt. Have you talked to your Uncle about this? It really doesn't matter what you or I think if it's different from what he thinks . Don't know if it did, but I hope my rambling helped some...

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 Sorry, I didn't notice it was your first post. WELCOME to the Forum..

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Thanks, my uncle had the same idea, so thats no issue. But will this "ratio" naturally balance? I don't, and have never kept fish from the ponds. I really don't intend to either just cause I'd rather catch fish then eat them. It just seems like there are too many blues, cause they hit whatever you throw at them, and the bass are pretty selective, usually only hitting topwater frogs. Ideas?

sounds like the bass may have been under pressure and the bluegill havent i personally would leave the bluegill in there as a key food source and u may want to try some of those wildeye baits that look like crappie to catch the bass.also welcome to the forum

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I have no idea of what might happen if some of the bluegill were removed. But you know the old expression, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." If ponds I fish had 5-6# bass, I'd pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. I'd also bring along an ultralight outfit with 4# line and some tiny lures. Ten-inch bluegills on ultralight are truly a delight.