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Mighty Small. #319468 01/29/13 03:46 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 721 Alabama T Tums OP
OP Tums T Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 721 Alabama	It looks like I had a late hatch come off with the warmer temps here this year. . I was pulling cedar trees from around and out of the small pond to to expose forage and take for cover to the 15 acre one. I pulled a big ceder tree out and about 50 little flapping bodies around 1" drug out the ground. Excuse the pic for not being so clear and the fish for being in rough shape. After about 5 hrs of riding the tractor the fish had lost some of its makeup. Attached Images

Re: Mighty Small. Tums #319478 01/29/13 04:36 PM
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,315 Northeast Ohio F fish n chips
fish n chips F Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,315 Northeast Ohio	Yeah, picture is pretty blurry. What is it?

Re: Mighty Small. fish n chips #319479 01/29/13 04:51 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,596 Likes: 36 Raymond, NE Shorty Lunker
Shorty Lunker Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,596 Likes: 36 Raymond, NE	Looks like a YOY sunfish, most likely a BG.

Re: Mighty Small. Tums #319480 01/29/13 04:54 PM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 6,979 Likes: 14 Freedom, Indiana S sprkplug Ambassador Lunker
sprkplug Ambassador Lunker S Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 6,979 Likes: 14 Freedom, Indiana	I'll vote for a lepomis of some kind....but my eyes must not be as good as Shorty's. "Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!" If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.

Re: Mighty Small. Tums #319484 01/29/13 05:12 PM
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OP Tums T Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 721 Alabama	Baby BG which is known to spawn here into Sept. on normal years. He does not look nothing like he did when I seen them come out of the water after his 5hr tractor ride. Last edited by Tums; 01/29/13 05:14 PM.

Re: Mighty Small. Tums #319488 01/29/13 05:19 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,596 Likes: 36 Raymond, NE Shorty Lunker
Shorty Lunker Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,596 Likes: 36 Raymond, NE	We get a few late spawn BG here too. This is picture from dad's old pond that I took at ice out one year.

Re: Mighty Small. Tums #319492 01/29/13 05:37 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 721 Alabama T Tums OP
OP Tums T Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 721 Alabama	Shorty that little fellow makes some good crappie bait around here. We are able to feed year round and I feed 36% to 38% crush for the little ones & minnows.

Re: Mighty Small. Tums #319501 01/29/13 07:45 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,544 Illinois, St. louis area Bluegillerkiller Hall of Fame Lunker
Bluegillerkiller Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,544 Illinois, St. louis area	aww they sure are cute at that age.. lol. I try not to feed my babies id rather the food go to the big boys and the babies be ate by predators so i feed big pellets., Whats your plan with feeding small ones just curious? feeding small ones so when they get ate theyre more nutritious? I believe in catch and release. I catch then release to the grease.. BG. CSBG. LMB. HSB. RES.

Re: Mighty Small. Tums #319513 01/29/13 09:34 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,255 Nashville Y Yolk Sac Lunker
Yolk Sac Lunker Y Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,255 Nashville	Originally Posted By: TUMS Mighty small That's what she said! There you go BGK, I'd hate for you to go a whole 24 hours without being assaulted by unoriginal, sophomoric humor.....and wasn't sure you'd heard it at work today.

Re: Mighty Small. Yolk Sac #319523 01/29/13 10:45 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 8,795 Likes: 68 Lincoln, NE teehjaeh57 Chairman, Pond Boss Legacy award; Moderator; field correspondent Lunker
teehjaeh57 Chairman, Pond Boss Legacy award; Moderator; field correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 8,795 Likes: 68 Lincoln, NE	Originally Posted By: Yolk Sac Originally Posted By: TUMS Mighty small That's what she said! There you go BGK, I'd hate for you to go a whole 24 hours without being assaulted by unoriginal, sophomoric humor.....and wasn't sure you'd heard it at work today. Thank you Yolk...someone needed to drive that hanging curve over the fence! Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Re: Mighty Small. Bluegillerkiller #319543 01/30/13 06:24 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,794 Plano Texas G george1 Lunker
george1 Lunker G Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,794 Plano Texas	Originally Posted By: Bluegillerkiller aww they sure are cute at that age.. lol. I try not to feed my babies id rather the food go to the big boys and the babies be ate by predators so i feed big pellets., Whats your plan with feeding small ones just curious? feeding small ones so when they get ate theyre more nutritious? I totally agree - AQMX 600 only! N.E. Texas 2 acre and 1/4 acre ponds Original george #173 (22 June 2002)

Re: Mighty Small. Bluegillerkiller #319552 01/30/13 10:19 AM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 721 Alabama T Tums OP
OP Tums T Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 721 Alabama	Originally Posted By: Bluegillerkiller I try not to feed my babies id rather the food go to the big boys and the babies be ate by predators so i feed big pellets., Whats your plan with feeding small ones just curious? feeding small ones so when they get ate theyre more nutritious? As Bob Lusk has stated before the #1 thing for growing high quality fish is habitat. I also manage my natural habitat to try and maintain the best enviroment for quality growth. Just like you and others I still feed the big boy feed for the big boys. I also feed the little stuff that people often do not think about a quality feed. I believe if you feed the little stuff you will get your optimum natural forage (that feed on the even smaller food chain) & help balance the habitat at its even lower levels. What alot of you are doing also works well (just look at Georges BG).

Re: Mighty Small. Tums #319576 01/30/13 12:30 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,012 Mississippi djstauder Hall of Fame Junior Member
djstauder Hall of Fame Junior Member Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,012 Mississippi	Tums, I hope you are correct as I've been feeding a combination of am400 and am500 over a downed tree near the shore when the little ones hide. Last edited by djstauder; 01/30/13 12:31 PM. 1 ac pond LMB, BG, RES, CC

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