Quote Originally Posted by tnpondmanager View Post
This pond and the other pond I posted photos from a couple days ago both have feeding programs. The feeding alone, however, doesn't produce bluegill this big - there are thousands upon thousands of private ponds and lakes across the Southeast that have feeders and don't grow bluegill like this or anywhere close. Many of those lakes are far larger than these two ponds; and water body size is a major factor in fish growth. A study was published three years ago in which the author found that bluegill growth in central Georgia small impoundments was more influenced by lake surface area than any other single factor:

Influence of lake surface area and total phosphorus on annual Bluegill growth in small impoundments of central Georgia (Book, 2016) [WorldCat.org]

All that just to say, it ain't easy to grow bluegill this big, anywhere, and it definitely isn't easy in smaller ponds.
Amen to that! Trying to grow big bluegill on a public lake is really hard too ( in Arkansas anyway).


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