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I have recently got a 40'x20'x7ft deep pond. It is now 2 ft deep and I want to start stocking fish. I would like LMB, chain pickerel and fathead minnows. Will the bass and pickerel live together well or what? The fatheads are for food and I could get crayfish if necessary. Please assist me in buying fish. Thanks
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you need to pick a forage fish, like Yellow Perch or pumpkinseed sunfish. then add a predetor. unless you want to hand feed them all the time.
Water is the basis of all life, by design!
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can pickeral and bass live together?
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can pickeral and bass live together? Yes but: If the Pickerel are much smaller than the bass (length wise) the LMB might try to eat them. Typically a LMB likes to eat fish that are 1/4 to 1/3 it's size. BUT, the more fusiform the fish, the longer a fish that the LMB can eat.
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Yes, pickerel and LMB can live together... However, in most cases LMB tend to out compete pickerel.
Where do you plan to source your pickerel? As far as I know, there are no commercial sources for them?
A pond your size is generally not a suitable to size to produce a quality LMB fishery... What would you like to see out of your pond? we may be able to recommend a species combination that is suitable for your goals and the size pond you have.
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You might be able to get Cain pickerel from your dnr
If fishing is luck, I make my own luck
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