This is the first year for the pond in it's larger form. Also the first year that I've stocked Rainman's Blues. I want to take some BG fillets to my cousin in WY in 2 weeks, so I started to get some for him yesterday evening. The 11 BG that I kept weighed slightly more than 8#, all between 7"-9". Read into that what you will.
I stocked 125 Tilapia in the 1 3/4 ac (now down to 1 ac) pond. I did use chemicals once to knock back the algae, but nothing like the 3x-4x that I used to use them. Next year I'd like to try 300 of them. I've only seen 2 Tilapia the whole time after planting them. I am seeing about the same number of YOY BG as in the previous years.
