2 acre Pond Pensacola, FL area Coppernose Bluegill - 01/25/24 07:27 PM
Hi Pond Boss members! Yesterday I put 850 coppernose bluegill and 150 redear Shellcrackers in a 2 acre pond that I've been working on for about 2 years. The pond will average about 10' when full but currently 2'7". I'm filling it with 2 wells and we're starting to get a little rain.
3 main questions.
1) will these 1-3" bluegill spawn this young? I had planned on adding the Florida large mouth bass in June.
2) the water temperature is 66 degrees. I bought a bag of very small high protein feed from the fish hatchery. Should I be feeding them? They've only been in the new pond for 24 hours.
3) since there isn't any predator fish yet in the pond would I be wise to get some larger Coppernose and let them heavily spawn now, before the bass are added in June? That would give me 4 full moons before the bass for them to spawn.
I have 4 young sons. So my goal with this pond is trophy bluegill and mediocre bass.
Thank you all for what I've already learned reading your posts! 🙏
3 main questions.
1) will these 1-3" bluegill spawn this young? I had planned on adding the Florida large mouth bass in June.
2) the water temperature is 66 degrees. I bought a bag of very small high protein feed from the fish hatchery. Should I be feeding them? They've only been in the new pond for 24 hours.
3) since there isn't any predator fish yet in the pond would I be wise to get some larger Coppernose and let them heavily spawn now, before the bass are added in June? That would give me 4 full moons before the bass for them to spawn.
I have 4 young sons. So my goal with this pond is trophy bluegill and mediocre bass.
Thank you all for what I've already learned reading your posts! 🙏