It never fails, I spent lots off time to compose a message on these stupid machines and I lose power and lose all my work. I'm going to buy a UPS.
Lets try one more time and if it happens again I throwing this thing in the trash.
Where was I?
I recently had a pond dug on my recently purchased retirement farm and I have recieved these stocking plans from a local hatchery.
1. STOCKING. The following fish should be stocked in your pond to provide for enhanced recreational fishing opportunities. You can stock the forage fish (minnows and shiners) this fall, if your pond reaches a minimum depth of 6 foot, then stock the remaining fish in the spring. Otherwise, consider stocking all the fish next spring:
Species Number
Fathead Minnow 10lbs.
Golden Shiners 5lbs.
Largemouth Bass 100 3-4�
Hybrid Striped Bass 25 3-4�
Bluegill 150 2-4�
Hybrid Bluegill 100 2-4�
Redear Sunfish 100 2-4�
White Amur 4
Bullfrog Tadpoles 125
Or, for accelerated growth:
Species Number
Fathead Minnow 15lbs.
Golden Shiners 10lbs.
Largemouth Bass 75 5-7�
Hybrid Striped Bass 25 5-7�
Bluegill 100 4-6�
Hybrid Bluegill 100 4-6�
Redear Sunfish 75 4-6�
White Amur 4
Bullfrog Tadpoles 125
Would anyone care to comment?
The pond is slighly smaller than 1/2 acre, max. depth is 7.5 to 8' deep with a average of maybe 4 or 5 feet ( fairly steep banks). I hope to start stocking soon just waiting for enough rain. There will be no supplemental feeding at this time, but will feed sometime in the future.
I don't care about trophy fish my main objective is catchable healthy fish ( looking forward to the day my 5 year old catches his first fish).
From what I think I've learned from Pond Boss I don't see a need for the amur at this time, or the tadpoles, and the HSB ( no supplemental feeding). I do plan on adding the HSB once I start feeding. This is my first of two or three ponds with this being the smallest and least techinal to build.
I have started a online photo record of the farm.
In case anyone is interested I have started with a few photos of the pond.
www.snapfish.com Use my email address to log in
[email protected]password is 12345
Thanks
Darin
