Thanks guys, can you believe I couldn't find this info on the web?
DW Willis, I searched "GoogleScholar" for your journal publications, and got somewhere near 80 hits, but none of them were on the web. I did notice several papers on perch growth, thanks for sharing your experience here.
So we have talked with the guy who wants to (as of now) stock our pond. He wants to put in 500 1lb YP (which are around 3 yrs old!) and then in the fall 500 16"-18" walleye and 300 10"-14" walleye.
The following spring he will trap net the walleyes for thier eggs and milt. He will also trap as many of the 3"-4" YP as he can so that they don't take over the pond and stunt. He also sells fingerling YP. The walleyes will get supplemental feeding of crappie minnows.
Can a three year old YP weigh 1Lb? (they are supposed to be a strain from a blocked off canal out east)
We would like to catch big YP and nice walleye, but I am concerned that there won't be any YP for us. Has anyone ever had YP stunt in a WY pond?
Thanks, I think these are tough questions, but you guys are the only ones who can handle it.
