The disaster of last year seems to corrected itself via the lack of rain. After this Spring's stocking, there haven't been any issues other than the fluctuating temps that made early feedings sporadic.
Made a big puddle cull trip with George today, and we wanted a hook and line survey of this brood pond. We caught about 10 in the 4-5" range, and all were healthy.
I was going to treat this pond with Alum, but have decided to wait and fill it to full pool while i can still access water from the big puddle. That water is very healthy and clear, so any further decisions will wait til the brood ponds settles. So far though, this year has gone according to plan. That's very rare for me.
Also, thousands of 1" to 1 1/2" CNBG swimming the banks, and fighting over pellets. Looks like I've already had a good spawn.
Here's a OTS CNBG with good conformation markings.
Headshot of same fish.
