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* 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.
Small and medium Balanced population. None. Keep the same
size bluegills and management and harvest
some young bass. practices.
Numerous small bluegills, Overcrowded bluegill. None if managing for large
but no small bass. bass; otherwise, stop bass
harvest, stock 8- to 12-inch
bass at 25 to 50 per acre.
Some small bass and Insufficient bluegill numbers, None if managing for large
no small bluegills. bass overcrowded. bluegills; otherwise, harvest
15 bass less than 12 inches
per acre per year.* If bluegill
numbers remain low, may
need to stock 4- to 6-inch
bluegills at 50 to 100 per acre.
No small bass and no small Fish population has serious Drain the pond and renovate
bluegills, just green sunfish problems that require drastic it with rotenone* to eliminate
and bullheads. measures to correct, especially fish and restock with
if water is turbid. largemouth bass, bluegills
and channel catfish.
No fish, just tadpoles No fish populations present If only tadpoles present,
or salamanders. or at low levels. pond may be too shallow to
support fish or no fish have
been introduced yet. If only
salamanders present and
pond has sufficient depth
and good water clarity, stock
larger largemouth bass,
bluegills and channel catfish.
Fingerlings would be eaten
by salamanders.
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