Originally Posted By: Yolk Sac
Originally Posted By: taylor5877
Not knowing how many LMB are in there, what would you do with them? Keep trying to seine/castnet them out a little at a time as I'm doing or just leave them alone?

I doubt you're making much of a difference in the LMB population in a 1 acre pond with a cast net, though I can certainly empathize with wanting to do something rather than nothing about it.

You mentioned CBLMB....since you've got LMB in there now anyway, how about stocking some slightly larger CBLMB, with fin clips, so you can tell what's what, then aggressively cull all the nonclipped LMB over time? You could put a bounty on all nonCBLMB, get the kids involved.

I agree, that is exactly what we have done, stocking 8, 1-2 lb and one 8 lb CBLMB with existing mature Florida LMB population, which we are agressively culling.

Immature single fin clipped CBLMB:


8 lb double fin clipped CBLMB:


Caught single fin clipped CBLMB in December 2012 - weighed in at ~2 lbs @ 15 inches - 8 months old!



Last edited by george1; 07/03/15 04:31 PM. Reason: Add photo

N.E. Texas 2 acre and 1/4 acre ponds
Original george #173 (22 June 2002)