A couple of weeks ago Bill Cody and I were conversing about my plans for this spring. I caught what I thought was an excessive # of YP under 8"s and my minnow population was definitely declining last summer. I figured that I needed more top predators. I have 5WE, 8SMB, and 10HSB all fat and healthy. Bill kindly sent me the following info.
He believes each large predator can consume at least 1 2.5-4" YP everyday when water temps are above 50 degrees which in northern In is April 1- Nov 1 which is 210 days. He further explained that when the small YP became depleted the top predators would then start picking off my minnows. Thank you Mr Cody!!
23 predators X 210= 4830 YP. This is in a very monitored 1/4 acre pond. NFF has a pond that is 320 times as big as mine.
This should be one of the more interesting threads in quite awhile. Please keep us updated on progress.
