Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations So it begins

It is very probable that the YP are being selected by the predators esp NP and LMB that IMO are 'hard' on YP populations. When WE get larger 18"+ you may notice even fewer YP. Are there very many weed beds in the pond to provide refuge for YP.

Maybe time to supplementally stock YP - cage grow out to 8" or maybe more and release in the Fall. That's what I'm doing again this year, but instead of stocking 100, I'm doubling or tripling that order.

Weed beds cover 30-40% (mostly submergent) of the pond in the summer. Weed bed size is very dependent on water clarity and water temperature. Last summer water temperatures were higher than the norm, but since the clarity was down, so was plant growth.

Where are the YP? I don't know, but there were plenty of them in the fall. YP seem to be segregationists, schooling only among their own (if possible). When the holes are bored, the light shines down from several "suns" and the FHs starting dropping down the sun beams; YP move off. I think they move off because the BCP and large predators are attracted to the light and activity. YP avoid the crowd. They also seem to avoid moving up the water column for a meal when there are plenty of bottom organisms to feed upon.

These are not universal truths but only my observations on Bremerpond.

Some of Saturday's catch. High winds caused an early exit!

Another nice bunch of panfish. Harvest is a key component to maintaining a quality fishery. Do you keep records of the number of fish that you harvest each year?. The data would be helpful for numerous other members interested in how many that can be harvested per acre per year.

Good slaying Dwight wish you was closer I'd come help control them craps..

Why does that lady need a coozie when ice fishing?

keep here beer from freezing..............
or her fingers...........

Was just going to reply. Same reason for coolers up there. Keep drinks from freezing.

Glenda sips her beer so the can cooler keeps the beer cold in the warm ice-fishing house.

Coolers may sit outside or inside depending on ambient outdoor temperature and do keep the beer from freezing on cold winter days.

There is a delicate balance to maintaining the beer within prescribed coolness parameters.

I might add this to my "things i need to say more often" list. Right above contacting an ornithological professional and right below "I'm wrong" and "I'm sorry."

It is one of the most important things.

Ice fishing again yesterday. More later. YP caught.

Looking forward to seeing them. What's the ice thickness right now Dwight? I think we're done here. Will have to travel for it now...

Ice was 20 inches last Saturday, probably 18 after warmer days.

Dwight you guys got involved in discussing the proper temperature of beer and forgot to answer my query.
"" Do you keep records of the number of fish that you harvest each year?. The data would be helpful for numerous other members interested in how many that can be harvested per acre per year.""

Lol I'm always happy if I catch atleast as many as I drink..

I think it's the stick who drinks the Hamms. I could be wrong though.

Now if there was a flask in the picture....

"From the land of sky blue waters, Hamm's the beer refreshing."

That Hamm's can has to be an antique. Haven't seen them around for 30 year. Can still remember the commercials and the signs in the bars while growing up in Wisconsin.

Sorry Bill. I am easily distracted when beer is introduced into the conversation.

Records are kept. With 5 acres of water and under 200 hours of total annual fishing time per acre, their value is minimal.

I figure 25% of the fish in the pond may actually have seen a fishing presentation. Maybe 10% of those have responded to the presentation, under 10% of those were actually caught, and maybe 25% of those have been harvested.

If there are 300,000 fish (16,000,000 total gallons of water, one fish per 50 gallons of water) in the pond, then 75,000 have seen a fishing presentation. 7,500 have responded. 750 have been caught and under 200 have been harvested per year.

Note to self: Go fishing more often.

Thanks for sharing the catch records. So can we assume those are average annual numbers or just this ice season 2013 catch so far? Do you harvest any other fish besides the black crappie, bluegill, yellow perch, and those predators that are bleeding?

It would be good to have some harvest information of a pond similar to yours since you have posted weekly water quality perameters, especially water clarity (secchi disk readings). by my quick calculation our average water clarity during the open water season was 39.9".
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This year so far you harvested about 40 panfish per acre (ave secchi 39.9"-3.2ft; Lo 1.6' hi 6.5') or is the 200 harvested include the December catch-harvest?

Hamms beer is available in about twenty states. Miller Brewing bought out Hamms. You can read all about it at their website. It runs about $16 a thirty pack in these parts. It is a good ice cold beer.

Ah yes, the 30-pack. Back in high school, we thrived on the Stroh's 30-pack.

You could have five friends each with six beers, or six friends each with five. Good times for all.

I remember the night before the SATs. We had four on a 30-pack. Damn I wish the SATs were graded on a curve. I know I collectively brought down the score of any poor soul sitting withing 15' of me. I was dropping Stroh-ski bombs the entire time.

Don't we all wish it was graded on a curve. Since I had quit high school and was laying sod on I-55 when my classmates took the SAT, I had to do the one they gave at college. To my immediate right was a good looking girl with large attributes(the kind that gets your butt whipped in a country-western bar),she was busy until the math part was wheeled out. She then dropped her pencil and put her head on her desk until the test was over.