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Originally posted by Sunil: Join in everyone.....
Fatheads, Fatheads, rolly-polly fatheads....
Bluegills, Bluegills, little bitty Bluegills...
Brettski, you don't have to sing along if you don't want too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eat them up, yummmm!
"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling
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Originally posted by Jersey: I figure any body of water smaller than mine is a pond, any that is larger is a lake. Funny.
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Originally posted by Sunil: Join in everyone.....
Fatheads, Fatheads, rolly-polly fatheads....
Bluegills, Bluegills, little bitty Bluegills...
.................. sunnies, green sunnies, those mean little yummies
GSF are people too!
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You guys are bringing back fond memories of a young mans crush on Martha Quinn.
Pond Boss subscriber ever since I joined the forum. Thanks Bob!
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Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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You’re not helping things Bruce!
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This is great. Jersey's vicarious pond thread ends up with a picture of Martha Quinn.
And not a bad picture either (the pond filling up, or Quinn).
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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It's Sunil's fault.
Sorry, Jersey.
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Lets all join in Badger , Badger , Badger, 1 , 2 , 3 -- 11 , mushroom , snake. Badgers
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I just got a mental picture of Dwight, sitting cross-legged in front of a black & white TV with his 3rd-eye video implant trained at 2 ft distance as the Buggels play Video Killed the Radio Star.
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Redears, Redears, rough n' ready Redears. Shriners, Shriners, sleek and silver shriners. I know, I know...
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Originally posted by Sunil: This is great. Jersey's vicarious pond thread ends up with a picture of Martha Quinn.
And not a bad picture either (the pond filling up, or Quinn). Originally posted by Bruce Condello: It's Sunil's fault. Methinks he doth protest too much. Bruce became, shall we say "familiar," with MTV VJ Martha Quinn in the 80's when he was Drummer/Lead Singer for the band Night Ranger. Bruce is in the middle, in the red-striped spandex pants.
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It's funny you found that picture, Theo. The guy on the right with the beard looks a lot like Lusk, doesn't he?
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Not to take anything away from Martha Quinn, (wonder where she is today?) here are pix from this afternoon. shallow end is up 20" from when we put the cork in on Saturday...
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That is such a sweet project! Would you please refresh my memory about what your goals for the fishery are going to be?
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Bruce, Low maintenance, fun fishing for the kids, good eatin'.
I've been in contact with Greg Grimes. He is going to bring me a mess of flatheads. Then I'll add bluegill, then bass.
Suggestions and opinions are encouraged!
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Congrats. If you look really close you can see countless memories already starting form along the banks. Joe
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Jersey, I think you might mean fatheads vs. fLatheads. Fatheads are the minnows while flatheads are a type of catfish.
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Sunil, Correct. I must have flatfingered the keyboard.
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Jersey I would suggest that you do it your way and enjoy the journey. I think it would be a good idea to think about how much (in lbs of BG and LMB) that will be harvested per year and give that info to Greg. Assuming that a lot of LMB will not be harvested then talk to Greg about the merits of under stocking (or low stocking range) the LMB . You should see better initial LMB growth , allow the forage base to get well established and it will leave room to add a few catfish if you decide you want them.
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ewest, What you described is exactly what I had in mind. No one but my family, and the guy on the ether end of the pond will be fishing it. I think I need just enough LMB to make it interesting. They should grow fat and happy.
The pictures posted above were taken at about 5:30pm. The water was 20" above where it was when we put the cork in last Saturday. Today at 5:30 it was up to 22.5" The only rain we have had was a pretty good downpour last Wednesday. This pond is at the bottom of a ~320 acre watershed.
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Just have to add this - catfish (channel, flat or blue) DON'T dig holes. There feets are shaped all wrong to hold a shovel.
Seriously, though, they may slosh around and clean out a depression, but they don't "dig" anymore than BG or LMB. Now, if there's an existing hole (muskrat den, or something) they may go in and waller around a bit and enlarge it somewhat, but they'll have absolutely no effect on your dam or banks.
Oh by the way...MAN that is a gorgeous pond/tank/lake/small reservoir...
I've swum in and handfished enough ponds to know this much, at least. :rolleyes:
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Pond is now up 38" since putting in the plug! Greg, I am ready for fatheads!
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Jersey, get a few more pics.
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Sunil, The pics don't really change much now that the bottom is covered. That's why I haven't posted any in a while. We expect some big rain on Thursday, so I'll get some new pics posted by the weekend.
It was up to 42.5" on Sunday.
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BG sex?
by Bill Cody - 05/16/24 08:50 PM
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