Good morning all, For those who might not know. I have a smallish 1/10th to 1/4 acre pond with Yp and SMB in it.
This year I lost my first SMB. I found him floating in the weeds at the side. He was about 12 inches long. I also have seen about 2 of my larger bullfrogs just go belly up.
I have added about 6 lbs of FHM and about 100 crawfish this spring thus far and all of the minnows are gone.
My YP did spawn but no eggs made it to fry. The bass last year had some that made it to fry.
I am concerned that even with my feeding that the food chain is not there with the FHM being killed off so quickly and with the YP not producing any young.
I have an opportunity to get some Bluegill and other sunfish in the pond to help out with their young as a food source. Thus the question to the experts. I hate to give up on the YP and SMB only pond but I need to figure out how to get enough of a forage base for them without throwing money away weekly on new minnows that last all of a few hours.
Any and all thoughts greatly appreciated/
