I love pond fishing!   There are lots of great ponds - some less than an acre (especially since we're in a severe drought) that I can get to in about 15-30 minutes for an easy afternoon fish.

They've got lots of bass but they seem really thin these days.  I've even caught a couple lately that were just the "wrong" color - sort of gray/purplish with almost no green to them.   Here in Georgia, largemouth bass are supposed to be mostly green.

I'm concerned and the pond owners are happy to have me help them but I don't know much or anything about what to do.  I most certainly don't want to start introducing  non-native species!

I just feel like I'd like to try to feed these fish that I love to keep fat and healthy for my recreational purposes.  Besides, it just feels right to try to help but I know that folks sometimes try to help and end up doing more harm than good and I don't want that, either.

We've been trying to cull a little bit - take some of the bass that are kind of all of one size and seem too plentiful and take out the larger bluegills.  They all get eaten by somebody when we take them.

Does anybody have any suggestions?   Is there like a Purina Bass Chow? ;-)

Al

Pond bass, skiny pond bass normally = 's too many bass.

They have eaten everything and now they don 't have anything to eat, instead of stocking forage fish to feed them ( which is a very short term relief unless you do it on a regular basis like every week ) what needs to be done to bring balance to the pond is removing excess bass.

What you prefer, lots of skinny bass or a few well fed bigger fish ?