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FarmerRick’s new CNBG by ewest 6 minutes 57 seconds ago

Here are some pics of the CNBG stocking at FarmerRick’s .

Here is the story.

We bought a property about a year ago that has a 1-1.5 acre pond
It is 44 years old and has LMB and BG. There is an absence of smaller BG and a

Re: I should never have looked at the pictures... by Bing 8 minutes 36 seconds ago

Mason was too busy supervising. Someone has to be incharge.

Bing

Creating habitat

Dangerous structure materials? by Ack 26 minutes 25 seconds ago

While waiting to start construction on my new pond I'm stockpiling materials to use for structure when the time comes. So far I have things like pallets, lumber, brush, old bricks, cinder blocks, stone...

This got me wondering: Are there

Re: Feed Trained LMB? by Omaha 52 minutes 5 seconds ago

Originally Posted By: george1Some times LMB show up at feeding time to chow down on the BG.

That'd be cool to see.

Re: Feed Trained LMB? by george1 53 minutes 25 seconds ago

Some times LMB show up at feeding time to chow down on the BG.

Re: Tilapia vs. Game Fish Chow by chadwickz71 Today at 03:32 PM

Out of the .5 and 1 acre I have a total of 300 Floridas stocked. I sure hope I can take out atleast half for the pond's health and me needing them.

I plan to fertilize and add tilapia at 20 lbs to the acre on these ponds to keep the food c

Re: I should never have looked at the pictures... by TOM G Today at 03:26 PM

Did you let Mason go fishing while you guys worked?

Re: Feed Trained LMB? by Dave Davidson1 Today at 03:20 PM

I don't know about training them. Sometimes LMB show up to eat pellets. The next time they don't. And, I have no way to know if it's the same ones.

Re: Tilapia vs. Game Fish Chow by ewest Today at 03:00 PM

This is what I would do. Check with Todd and arrange a swap about 5 or 6 years off. Let him shock the small ponds and take a bunch of LMB to sell. In exchange get him to swap you some small Fla LMB from different brood stock. Good for both of you. Th

Re: Feed Trained LMB? by JHFV Today at 02:37 PM

I have never stocked feed trained bass. I have seen 3 LMB at the feeder eating pellets along with the bluegill and catfish.

Evaluating and adjusting fish populations

Re: Feed Trained LMB? by Cecil Baird1 Today at 02:27 PM

Originally Posted By: Omaha Originally Posted By: Cecil Baird1 Originally Posted By: teehjaeh57Are pellet trained LMB really necessary as their gape allows them eat anything that swims anyhow? - Meaning - should one simply focus on p

Product sources

Re: Aerial Photography ?'s by Cecil Baird1 Today at 02:23 PM

Originally Posted By: Theo GallusBTW, if a door-to-door aerial photograph salesman ever shows up, remember their speculative picture of your property is worthless if you don't buy it. There is a lot of room for negotiation. We got a nice pic

Finally getting started. by lmoore Today at 02:16 PM

Well, my family finally got our house sold so we are moving to a house with a pond. The pond is roughly .5-.75 acres and is extremely bass heavy. Other than one 14 inch female sitting on a bed this spring, the biggest bass i have seen was maybe 10

Re: I should never have looked at the pictures... by Sunil Today at 02:03 PM

Thanks Bing!

Re: hook shy/overfished by Bing Today at 02:03 PM

Jeff didn't mention that GSF are suicidal and will hit anything immediately after being caught and released (as if anyone would do that). I think it is a shame thing.

Bing

Re: I should never have looked at the pictures... by Bing Today at 01:59 PM

Sunil:

Very impressive trout. I fished Missouri's put and take streams for years and never came close to the size of some we put in today. I'd say there was at least one over four #.

Only two of the 50 we put in hung around

Re: I should never have looked at the pictures... by Sunil Today at 01:38 PM

Bing, how did the trout-tossing go?

Did you see any of my smallies?

Re: hook shy/overfished by mmorgan Today at 01:37 PM

I have a small pond with some hybrid striped bass and they are currently bird shy. They used to follow me around the pond waiting on food and as they grew more and more would eat food at the surface. But after months of kingfishers the hybrids will o

Re: I should never have looked at the pictures... by Bing Today at 01:35 PM

Rainman and Mason have left Brownstown. It should go well from here on, Mason was driving.

Bing

Re: Feed Trained LMB? by Omaha Today at 01:33 PM

Originally Posted By: Cecil Baird1 Originally Posted By: teehjaeh57Are pellet trained LMB really necessary as their gape allows them eat anything that swims anyhow? - Meaning - should one simply focus on pellets for BG/HSB/Minnows and not

Help

Re: Big Bluegill Lives! by Cecil Baird1 Today at 01:12 PM

Originally Posted By: Bruce CondelloThe google tracker says that I've had visits from 174 new people today.....just from Lafayette, Indiana.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA! There is so much pressure on bluegills here in our public lak

Renovating a Pond or Lake?

Re: Ideas to clean a plastic drum to make it fish by Cecil Baird1 Today at 01:02 PM

Originally Posted By: jeffhasapond Originally Posted By: Cecil Baird1They also use bluegills.

A good use the for this unapologetically rabbit-like lepomis.

Green sunfish would probably be too tough!

Es

Selecting a site

Re: My first fishing trip and/or swim tomorrow by basf50 Today at 01:01 PM

Did you have any issues with your lumber shrinking? lol

Re: Just bought pond with problems by pilot with pond Today at 12:58 PM

The dam is along the left side of the picture. You can see the trench cut out from the waterflow. Pond could easly be 2 feet deeper with dam repair.