Hi guys
I make a short premise.
My pond is 1 acre, 7-8 feet average deep.
There are LMB, CGC, GC, crucians, BH, PS, mosquitofish and crawfish.
In August I ve had a bad fish kill due to a sudden drop of DO that killed almost all LMB, half populations of crucians, a 18 lb GC, some BH and a lot of PS.
Since I like to fish the LMB I'd like to stock some more next spring.
The goal of the pond would be having a stable, good, fat and healthy population of LMB to have fun fishing (C'n'R).
The fish available at local hatchery (all about 7 oz/each), are:
LMB
YP
Chubs (Squalius cephalus)
NP
Surely I will take about 14/15 lb of LMB.
As an additional forage fish I was thinking about YP.
I'm slowly trying to eradicate crucians, fishing them out, even though their fingerlings are good prey for LMB. They are too big for LMB (1-2.5 lb), they are overpopulating the pond, they produce a lot of organic waste and eat almost all the pellet food.
So the questions are the following:
- can YP be a valid alternative to the BG (here unfindable) as forage for LMB?
- if yes, how many YP I need to buy to let them establishing in the pond, considering that there are already others forage source for LMB in the pond?
- cuold a pair of NP help me in crucians eradication?
Thank you in advance.
Filippo
