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I am currently constructing a brood pond to raise forage fish for my bass pond. It is going to be about 1 acre at about 4' deep. I was assuming I would raise coppernose but was wondering if another species could reproduce successfully. I already have a healthy bluegill population in my bass pond and think that adding another species would be more beneficial. Any thoughts?
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SDB,
You could certainly grow any number of forage fish in a pond like that. In addition to the bluegill, think about shiners, fathead minnows, rosy reds, threadfin shad, etc.
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BG and CNBG are pretty close to being the same fish, what about Golden Shiners, or Tilapia? I don't know how cold it gets during the winters there, but the Tilapia are out if the water gets colder than 55° during the winter.
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Do the LMB have enough to eat as is ? What is the size of the non-brood pond where the LMB are ? What is in that pond ?
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SDB,
You could certainly grow any number of forage fish in a pond like that. In addition to the bluegill, think about shiners, fathead minnows, rosy reds, threadfin shad, etc.
Ken Are rosy reds a subspecies of some other fish or are they unique?
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Rosey reds are a genetic color morph of FHM. They are the same species, they will interbreed. I have seen rosey red parents produce wild colored offspring and vice versa.
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I had thought about golden shiners but wasn't sure about what conditions they need to reproduce. I already have a lot of coppernose in the bass pond, which is about 7 aces, and have stocked tilapia the past two years. I have been keeping my bass population down so I know they have plenty to eat. I catch a lot of great looking fish but haven't hit the 10 lb. mark yet. If shiners would do well in it I think they would be a good choice.
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As long as you have submerged weeds or flooded grass for them to spawn on, they will like it. I catch GSH out of the local lake on imitation pellets, or Stubby Steves pellets. I've caught them up to 10" long.
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I would do about 4 smaller forage ponds.
1 Fathead Minnows
1 Gambusia Minnows
1 Bluegill
1 Golden Shiner
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