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Have a 4 acre pond on Lookout Mtn. Grass and clear water. Pond is 13 years old. Bass and bluegill from State of GA stocking.
DNR checked balance a few years back but bluegill are small. Shellcracker origially stocked but have not seen any in several years.
New to forum, where do I start?
Thanks
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Hello LookoutMtn and welcome to Pond Boss.
Hmmm, where to start.
What are your goals for the pond?
What is the current condition of your fish? (Have you checked relative weights of your fish? Do they look plump and healthy when you catch them?)
What do you want out of the pond?
JHAP
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"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives."
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Bass are numerous but healthy and have good size. Bream are small. Would like for my bream population to be much larger.
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Actually not the population but the individual fish size to be larger.
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Since the State stocked them, I assume the bream to either be Bluegills or Coppernose Bluegills. Either get large unless they get eaten at a certain size or are so plentiful that they get stunted. I also seldom see a shellcracker but know they are probably still there.
What size are the bream? Do you actually target them when fishing? Do you feed them so they will grow larger? Have you had your water tested for fertility? I'm grasping at straws here since I rarely hear of way too many bluegills and none that grow well.
Start keeping a log of all your fishing and catching. It will help you immensely.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
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LookoutMtn., when you catch a few of the LMB, can you take a length and weight of them too, then post it? I'm curious to see what size the LMB and BG are in the pond.
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Seems like lots of folks around GA posting- glad to see it. I have been shocking lakes for the past two months and missed several post.
There are several thigns you can do to improve the bluegil growth. Are you feeding- that is a good starting point? If DNR fish probably straight bluegill might wnat to get soem genetiic diversity and stock some coppernose as well. Do you know your population size structure? I will flip you a PM on fish survey since your not too far away. GL.
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I just sent your company and email.
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