An update on our results. On Friday, we had a significant drop in temperatures (in the 90's on Wednesday) and the electroshock boat was scheduled to harvest and survey our lake. It was very disappointing as the number of big BG to relocate to other ponds was less than 30.
Results indicated that we had three classes of BG from this year. So spawning results were successful.
We did find a significant number of GSF and HBG. GSF were probably 3:1 vs BG. The BG had good growth results from 3 inches in April to 6+ inches in less than 6 months. We did relocate about 50 total BG to two other lakes.
Since the pond is on POA property, we decided to return GSF and HBG to this pond since the goal is to create a pond that promotes fishing. We have created and wanted to maintain a lake that a kid or senior can catch a fish on each cast. An "Inspiration" Pond for future and retired fishermen and fisherwomen.
Our group of volunteers were ready to move fish and all learned how to net fish from an electroshock boat. It was a great learning experience as we got to see the difference between GSF, HBG and BG.
We will try to capture a few more bigger BG in our fish trap. Plus we might even pull a seine in some of the shallow areas.
In the spring, we are going to introduce a predatory to the lake to control numbers. We are determining if it should be an all Female LMB or maybe HSB.
