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So I pieced together a aeration kit with a hiblow pump and some weighted line and a diffuser. Started out running it for a bit in the evenings building up to running it 24/7. Since running it 24/7 the bite has been awful went last night and caught one bass. Generally we catch a hand full a piece including the bigger BGs and the occasional crappie. Even feeding has produced a low number to almost zero fish. And I haven't seen the pair of grass carp in a few days. I haven't seen any dead fish. So should I just go back to running during the evenings or should I just wait it out?
Chas Boswell Columbus Indiana 4.57 acres with .34 acre pond.
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I would stop running it during the day. The fish are telling you something is wrong and the most obvious answer is the aeration. If it is hot where you are, that would explain the negative response to aeration.
0.7 acre pond stocked 2020, LMB, PS, YP.
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I would stop running it during the day. The fish are telling you something is wrong and the most obvious answer is the aeration. If it is hot where you are, that would explain the negative response to aeration. I'm not sure this is the right answer. Can we get an expert opinion?
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I would stop running it during the day. The fish are telling you something is wrong and the most obvious answer is the aeration. If it is hot where you are, that would explain the negative response to aeration. Its actually been pretty cool last week or so. mid to high 70s dropping the 50-60s in the nights and mornings.
Chas Boswell Columbus Indiana 4.57 acres with .34 acre pond.
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Then I might be wrong. I'm no expert so something else must be wrong.
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Wife and I would go out to our aeration boil with a boat and watch from a few feet away. At certain times there looks like a conveyor belt of 1-3" BG that seem to ride the current to the top, disperse outward, and I presume by the numbers seen do it all over again.
In the evening we will sometimes see a LMB strike repeatedly at the surface around this aeration boil, presumably working on these small BG.
Last edited by snrub; 08/27/17 09:37 PM.
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