We added 200 BG, 200 RES, 2,000 FH, and 100 crawdads to the pond this morning. When we put the 215 WC and 5,000 Rosie Reds in a few weeks ago I didn't see much of them afterward. This was a little different. The crawdads kept heading towards the bank so I kept throwing them into deeper water. I also noticed the BG, RES and FH swam around much more this time.
I had a minnow trap in the water about 200 feet from where we planted the fish. I have had it in for 10 days or so and I checked it every day, just to see if the minnows are moving around. This afternoon I checked it, maybe 8 hours after we planted. There was a FH and two crawdads in it already. These FH were larger than the RR we planted a few weeks ago so that could be the answer, meaning the RR were too small and swam through the wire mesh. But those crawdads sure moved around the pond faster than I thought they would.
I also scared off a blue heron and when I walked over to where it had been standing there was a crawdad on the bank half dead. I am really looking forward to see what spawns.
