Here's a few pix from Friday, when brother Jim and I stocked Dad's newest tank. As you can see from the pix, the pond recently turned over, but other than that, looks to be in great shape. Holding water, growing grass, and just teaming with frogs, tadpoles, water bugs, etc.
We did the typical one-acre stocking.
250 Bluegill
100 Redear Sunfish
4 lbs Fathead Minnows
4 lbs Shiners
We had about a 99.9+% success/survival rate. I noticed two dead shiners when they filled up the bags. After we transported them, climatized them, and released them, all the fish swam off. There was only those two dead shiners and one tiny little FH minnow.
We'll come back next 4th of July, after the bluegill have spawned and put in 25 bass.
A little background on the tank:
Dad had it built nearly a decade ago. We constantly had to pump it to keep the water out during construction. When it was finally completed, we went through a drought for several years. We also had too small of a watershed for the size of the tank. We dozed a few berms to catch water and patiently waited for rain. The tank was built in '98 and just filled up this past summer. The first few pix are of the first time Dad ever saw it full. We waited a loooooong time for this!
Just wanted to share.
