Originally Posted By: ItalyBASS
Thank you esshup.

I have already read your good advice on shaping it as a paint roller tray to facilitate netting in a snrub thread, but my intention is to remove some fish every week or so (cast net or fish trap mainly) to put them in the bigger pond as supplemental feeding in addition to pellet and the already present preys.


That is pretty much what I used my forage pond for. I mostly used minnow traps daily. I would collect the FHM in a couple traps and transfer them to other ponds. I used a cast net a lot to collect RES fingerlings to supplemental stock my other ponds. I think it worked quite well for my entertainment and learning about fish. It was never meant to be anything commercial or goal orientated. Just mostly something to do and experiment with.

The forage pond is now full of FHM with the intention of getting some HSB fry this year and raising them to a size to stock my other ponds. Again, more of an experiment than anything else. Something to entertain me in my retirement. grin

Last edited by snrub; 02/06/20 08:06 AM.
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