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52 • Nebraska Game and Parks Commission * Authorization from the Commission is required before any bass less than 15 inches long can be harvested or removed from private waters or before a pond can be renovated. Consult Commission fisheries personnel for details. Most bass 12 to 15 inches, Balanced population. None. You're doing fine. with some smaller and larger; Continue existing harvest most bluegills 3 to 6 inches, philosophy, unless you want some over 8 inches. bigger bass or bigger bluegills. Numerous small bluegills, Overcrowded bluegill None if managing for large most less than 5 inches; a few population; bass not bass; otherwise, stop bass bass, most over 15 inches. reproducing or recruiting harvest, stock 8- to 12-inch successfully. bass at 25 to 50 per acre. Numerous bass, most less Overcrowded with small bass; None if managing for large than 12 inches; most bluegills most bluegills are eaten, but bluegills; otherwise, harvest over 8 inches. those that escape have little 15 bass less than 12 inches competition and grow well. per acre per year to reduce their competition for food.* Numerous skinny bass, Severely overcrowded with Harvest 30 bass less than few over 12 inches; a few small bass that compete with 12 inches per acre per year.* bluegills over 6 inches. bluegills for food. If bluegills numbers remain low, may need to stock 4- to 6-inch bluegills at 50 to 100 per acre. Aquatic vegetation covers Predator-prey interaction No bass harvest; control more than 40% of pond; most interrupted. vegetation (see page 63). bluegills less than 5 inches; most bass less than 12 inches. Bullhead, green sunfish, carp; Undesirable species are Drain the pond or renovate few bluegills and bass. competing with bass and the fish population with bluegills; bass are unable to rotenone* and restock with control them if water is turbid. largemouth bass, bluegills, and channel catfish. ANGLING CATCH WHAT IT MEANS RECOMMENDATIONS