New to me pond in Minnesota - 08/16/17 02:32 AM
Good evening long time lurker first time poster. I just closed on my new home in Minnesota it happens to have about an acre pond fed by our running artisan well. I was told it has a healthy population of crappies as well as walleye. As of now we have caught tons of 4 to 6 inch crappies and 2 14 inch walleyes. My wife is sure she saw a rainbow jump this evening. I have a rather large swarm of yoy crappies at the end of the dock. My questions are as follows
I have yet to see any minows other than yoy crappies should I add any other bait fish?
I understand crappie are a nightmare to manage should I start netting out the yoy and keep all the little ones we catch?
My concern is if the only forage is the crappie removing to many I will have little forage for what walleye we do have. I'm very new to management and I'm looking for any advice I can get. I'm told the pond is 15feet deep it's aeration provided by using flowing well as a "fountain" and surface temp is under 70
I will post a few pictures if I can
Thanks
I have yet to see any minows other than yoy crappies should I add any other bait fish?
I understand crappie are a nightmare to manage should I start netting out the yoy and keep all the little ones we catch?
My concern is if the only forage is the crappie removing to many I will have little forage for what walleye we do have. I'm very new to management and I'm looking for any advice I can get. I'm told the pond is 15feet deep it's aeration provided by using flowing well as a "fountain" and surface temp is under 70
I will post a few pictures if I can
Thanks