Ty,

Thought I'd post the link to the following thread. You were in on the conservation but it's been a while & others reading may not be aware of it:

http://www.pondboss.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=000079

note: bolding is by me.

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lakedoctor
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posted May 15, 2003 03:32 AM
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To start from scratch on a pond stocked for smallies get a good forage base of crawfish then add some tadpoles,fathead minnows and wait 60 days.Then stock your bluegill and smallies.The smallies don't target the big bluegill 4to6" like the largemouth but they'll sure take care of the 2to3" to keep the population down, then you'll end up with a pond that will have some monster smallies and some monster bluegill and one hell of a fun place to fish. To get the Smb to spawn just make a creek bed.Put rocks and sandy gravel in 3to4' of water and there you have it.The thing that I do alittle different is put in a horizontal water flow thru the fake creek bed, not alot of flow is needed but a little bit makes a world of difference. DOC


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