Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Feeding to Increase BG Size?

Wrong pic. I cant figure out how to get multiple pics posted yet.

3 year old bass. Sorry about the pics. It is a self portrait taken while trying to hold the fish. Fotgot a ruler. The larger ones seem to be 15" and I am guessing in the 3 lb area.

Mark, what kind of flotation did you use? Do you think the bricks will hold it in a wind?

BTW, nice looking fish.

Very nice looking bass and bluegill. I doubt any bear is gonna be crazy enough to swim out the feeder. Bears are acrobats, but not fond of water!

That has gotta help with feeder not on shore. however client in NC had feeder destoyed on his floatin platform by a bear. They were feeding trout chow so the semll did noto help deter the swimming bear.

We have a lot of bears here so I sure hope they don't get out there. I used 2 pieces of 2" Foamular glued and screwed to a piece of 1/2" PT plywood.

I am going to improve it by adding a third piece of Foamular and another piece of plywood and bolting it all together in a big sandwich. That will be better than this one. I was in a hurry to get the feeder operational and I thought of the improvement as I was building it. Unfortunately my pond is not any where near a building supply store.

BTW. Foamular is rigid styrafoam insulation. It is very lightweight and denser than plain styrafoam.

We have a lot of bears here so I sure hope they don't get out there. I used 2 pieces of 2" Foamular glued and screwed to a piece of 1/2" PT plywood.

I am going to improve it by adding a third piece of Foamular and another piece of plywood and bolting it all together in a big sandwich. That will be better than this one. I was in a hurry to get the feeder operational and I thought of the improvement as I was building it. Unfortunately my pond is not any where near a building supply store.

These are large commercial bricks. I am going to double them up later this week when I get back there.

BTW. Foamular is rigid styrafoam insulation. It is very lightweight and denser than plain styrafoam.

Dang Greg, that must have been one hungry bear. Last year I had a cub danging 15 feet in the air off a wire we have strung by our hunting cabin. We mount the bird feeders off if it to keep the bears from destroying them. That cub was giving it his all to get to the feeders. I have seen bears swim, so I guess if hungry enough they'll take to water to get to a feeder full of tasty food.

Mark, two of the guys I work with live in Front Royal, both have bears in their yards almost daily. One said he has a mother and 3 cubs tearing his trash cans up nightly. Fortunately they are a rarity here in Stafford. I am about fed up with them at our cabin in PA though. Never are they around come bear season!

CJ,

The bear season has been extended this year for both weeks of the muzzleloader season. There are a ton of bears where we hunt in Hume and hopefully this year we will thin them out some. They are beautiful animals but very destructive as you well know. I bet one gets my feeder and ruins it.