No wind this morning, so I decided to finally pull some CNBG by hook and line. Guess what? I've got green sunfish again. Big beautiful ones I might add. I tried to do everything right after the last time this happened. Drain, seine, and used hydrated lime to kill out the pond. Set up a blocking net at the inlet, and rock barrier at the overflow. I still got them.
I think I'll wait until later in the year, and drain the pond again. This will be a good opportunity to get the pond rebuilt the way I should have done it in the first place. Good news is the CNBG I did catch from last year's stocking looked great. I waited to pull these fish until they were large enough to spawn. They are. I transferred 30 to the big puddle, and all were in the 7 to 7 3/4" range.
The sunfish, sunfish bluegill hybrids, and all small CNBG will go in the back pond that I had put the 4 female LMB in last year. All the adult CNBG from the original stocking will go in the big puddle. No fish will go to waste.
Best laid plans....
