I am about to restock one of my ponds I have access too (Fathers land).
Before the drought hit and drained the pond it was full of bass, too many in fact. They were heavily stunted.
this was due to my strict catch and release policy due to not liking to eat fish, I don't even hunt and grew up on a farm!
It was also stocked with hybrid bluegill, something it will definetly not have now.
Anyway as I do not eat fish I am looking for a way to cull them from our pond as we catch them.
I dislike the idea of just throwing them on the bank, it seems like its just robbing nutrients from the pond when it could go back in. Also I dont want to be attracting predators to the pond with rotting fish carcasses laying on the bank.
Is there any way to return what ive taken from the pond back to the pond? I saw one time a post about throwing the fish you catch into a basket suspeneded over the pond, the fish would decay and anything that fell into the pond, scraps and maggots would become food for the forage fish. Is this a viable option?
Or any suggestions?
