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I have an existing 1 1/2 acre pond that I'm putting 15lbs of fatheads in later this week. I don't have a lot of cover around the edge of my pond. So my question is: What is the best thing I can put around the edge so they can hide from the bass as well as give them a good place to spawn?
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Welcome to the forum gaboy. Have you tried browsing through the "creating habitat" forum? Here is a place to start. http://www.pondboss.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=4&page=1I'm about to go fishing so I can't give you much more right now. What kinds of materials do you have access to?
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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It seems like I have heard that fatheads do not do well in ponds that are primarily open water, that they are eaten too quickly. Is this true?
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Yes. They are slow and easily caught by many predators.
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That is what I thought. That kind of limits my options when it comes to food sources. I have not found any suppliers of TFS anywhere near. All of the closest hatcheries only supply fatheads as a food source. My ponds are wide open, with structure only around the edges. I am leaning towards managing the existing population for, since there are both bass and bluegill present. While I wasn't planning on stocking anything, I was just toying with adding a food species to the mix.
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Sandman:
What did you finally decide to do? I am in NE Texas and pondering the same thing.
Jerry G.
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For the time being, I am going to work with what I have (for a year or two at least). Once I have a better handle on what I have and whether what I am doing is working, I may add some CNBG, but I am very reluctant to put a lot of money into it for several reasons. First of all, although I haven't yet seen it in the four years we have owned it, I have been told that the river does sometimes get high enough to back up into the ponds, and that might negate any stocking I do. Secondly, there are a lot of uninvited guests who visit the ponds when I am not around. We have posted it and gated it which has cut down on that but has not eliminated it.
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