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Glad to finally be on here with actual ponds to fish and maintain. We have two ponds. One is rather small and was originally to be back filled with dirt from big pond. However as time went by I found a few trash bream from a creek and threw them in. Well needless to say it's full of them now and the kids have fun catching them. The big pond is roughly 2 acres and I just added 4 pounds of minnows and 100?" Bluegill to start. Of course budget is always the clincher on what and how many to add at a time lol. Next time the fish truck comes to town I will add more.... work in progress. I also maintain a full time job, keep and rescue bees. We have 20 acres and hope to be semi self sufficient upon retirement. There's chickens, rabbits, pigs, horses etc lol . I need more time to finish it all
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You are most welcome here at PB, Cajunrockin! You can get lots of advice here, most of it good, just as long as you can stand seeing the phrase IT ALL DEPENDS more than a few times.
Re the two acre pond, does it have bass or other predators to keep the BG in check so that they grow big?
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7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160
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No bass yet. Was told to establish a food chain first.... maybe bad advice lol?
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That's good advice. In fact, some people don't add bass until a year later.
Best of luck & let us know how it's going for you!
7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160
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Cajun, welcome to Pond Boss. A year from now, I doubt that you will have enough bluegills, starting with 100, in 2 acres, to feed bass.
I understand budgets. My general recommendation is to start with 1,000 bluegill per surface acre and add bass a year later. I often tell people to not add bass until they can go to sleep with their mouth open and wake up with a full belly.
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.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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CajunR, Welcome to Pond Boss! Listen to these guys. They know their stuff. Post pics of your project when you have time.
...when in doubt...set the hook...
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So your 2 acre pond is brand new dug? If not it should have had some forage fish in it already. I might be misunderstanding your original post. A lot of us here including myself had the opertunity to dig our own ponds and start with a clean slate and stock from scratch. Is that what you have with the 2 acre pond? Is it full and how deep? I am in deep east Texas so close to Louisiana I can smell the gumbo cookin!! Welcome aboard!!
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Where in south central Louisiana are you, Cajunr?
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Welcome to PBF Cajun.
Lots of good southern pondmeisters on here to help you along.
John
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I'm in Elton Louisiana. Yes I dug it myself over a year ago. It's filled now but still needs cosmetic work done to banks. I will be adding more bluegill once a month until enough for foraging. Work in progress lol It's roughly 10 feet deep at deepest spot. I have a spawning area as well.
Thanks for all the welcome posts
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get as many cnbg in there as you can now. They will spawn at 3 inch long. And will spawn 3-6 times a year depending on water temps!! After a year of that you will be ready for some 4-5 inch lmb!! Have fun and good luck! Also I think you are near a Cargill fish food plant you could probably drive there and pick up.Franklinton,La. Well, that might be about 3 hours from you.
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Welcome Cajunrockin, I'm also new to Pond Boss and from Jennings, right now, just bought a place in Beauregard Parish. That's where my pond is. Will be moving as soon as we get the new place in shape.
Tim
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Hey there neighbor, I am from Jennings. I live about 2 miles from Hathaway school on Hwy. 26
1 1/4 acre L shaped pond, 6 to 9 ft deep. Finished 7/7/16. Stocked with LMB, HBG, BG, CNBG, RES, FHM. Can't wait to fish it. GO SAINTS!!!
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Small world ain't it. I know quite a few people from Hathaway. I use to work at the Ag place on Farm Supply Road.
Tim
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