Nebraska old sand pit - 03/26/17 01:27 AM
Need some help! Behind my house is a sand pit that is probably 30yrs old or so and is about 11 acres. Typical bass, gills, crappie, catfish, carp sand pit. My issue is the bass and crappie just look starved which they are. Our only source of baitfish seem to be fry of gills, crappie, etc. minnows are not present from what i can see. After talking to the fish hatchery guy last fall he said it would take a grand to put a large amount of fatheads in but he said it wouldnt take long for the over population of bass to gobble em up. So, what options does a guy have to add some sources of food at a somewhat reasonable price? We did add 400 6-8in perch last fall hoping they may help add some baitfish since they generally tend to be prolific spawners. Any help would be appreciated. Prior to last year there was little structure as far as trees but we have since added some large cedar tree piles.