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FWIW.....we have had a tremendous bloom in my pond the last 2 weeks. Visibility has been cut buy 2/3rds and it looks like billions of tiny green specs floating beneath the surface.

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hope it's not like this:



Fishing has never been about the fish....

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Ummmm......no. LOL

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Spent 30 minutes yesterday evening taking "samples" of the pond occupants. I have friends coming over this weekend to help me do more intensive culling. smile




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30 mins? Wow that's a lot of mmm in 30 min . Live or artificial? Nice job

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Originally Posted By: Pat Williamson
30 mins? Wow that's a lot of mmm in 30 min . Live or artificial? Nice job


White Beatle spin and a baby crappie lure.

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Nice job! Is that a white crappie mixed in?

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Spent 30 minutes yesterday evening taking "samples" of the pond occupants. I have friends coming over this weekend to help me do more intensive culling. smile





That for sure looks like white crappie stacked in the middle of those BCP


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First day trying my hand at fly fishing.....caught 3-4 this size.

Giving myself plenty of room for improvement. smile smile smile



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53 this morning plus the 9 I caught yesterday.....we are going to have plenty for a fish fry. Its going to be catch and release the rest of the weekend as that was a lot of fish to clean!






Releasing this one.




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Looks pretty good, but check out the gill right above the nose-to-nose LMB....sumo!


"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
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Found whole crawfish in those bass stomachs. Guess I have a an abundance of mud bugs.

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Before.....





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Sunset After The Storm.....



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cool pics


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I love the pic of the boots kicked up, under roof, watching the rain.

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Great pics! That's exactly what I'm hoping for. Looks great.
Someday, I'll have a full pond, someday..


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RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these.
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Great pics and a great video too. You have a place you can be real proud of.

Did you decide what you were going to do with your FA? I decided to take a try pronged approach. The fishing areas I use Curtrine plus granual, add a few Tilapia every spring, and then if I want to,do a little raking, when and If I feel like it. So far I have not had to rake.

Do you let the cows use that pond? If yes, that will keep the FA higher density in your pond.


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With all the rain I stopped trying to treat the small pools as the chemicals were getting washed away. In the lake FA isn't currently a problem but the various weeds are. When the weather returns to normal I will start treating them.

FWIW, one of the cattle pools was 80% covered over in weeds before the storms. After the flood waters engulfed and flushed it the weeds are only 40% coverage. Still not great but better than it was. Will take less chemicals to treat.

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Great pictures Tbar. Sweet success.


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Bought one of these today for the grandkids and women folk to use out in the pond.....looks like fun. Its 6' x 18'.




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Sorry for the duplication. Just putting this project here for future reference.


I am building a fish holding pin that measures 3' x 3' x 6'. It will stand on end allowing the fish to drop to 5'-6' depth.

I am wanting to hold fish in this pin for several days or up to a week until I get ready to eat them. Total depth of the water in this area is 8' and will be shaded by the dock from the afternoon sun.

How long can I expect to keep them healthy without feeding them? This area is abundent minnows, brim and bugs.



Target species will be BC and maybe a few brim. Would like to stock maybe a dozen fish at a time.

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Cage is complete.....delivering to the dock.



It is very buoyant so I drilled holes in it so it would sink. I have two sets of mounting brackets.....one set low and one set high when you want to net them out.





Fishing is great right next to the cage. First resident.



Feed in the basket is to try and draw in minnows. BG's are beating on the corner of the cage trying to get at it.

15 BC in the cage now and most will get eaten tomorrow for lunch.

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Cage worked great today. Three of us caught 57 BC off the dock. It was so easy just tossing them into the enclosure and return to fishing. Also caught 2 white crappie.

A buddy with a nice BC.




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My best catch to date out of the farm pond. Would like to catch her prespawn.






The guys building my dock back in February caught one of similar size.


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Looking good Tbar!
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