Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Georgia Giant Help

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Mainly wanted to provide an update. I spent the weekend at the farm and did some fishing. I have been feeding 3 times a day all summer and the fish are still very aggresive on the feed. I have been feeding heavy as it takes them 30 minutes to clean it up, but they continue to follow it until it is all gone. We have caught 3 snapping turtles by the feeder and they are well on the way to becoming turtle soup.

Caught BG, LB, CC and GG. I caught 5 GG that were probably 12 ounces and 8.5 inches in length and very thick. These fish had a distinct orange color to their bottom fins.

The CC were 10 to 15 inches in length and appeared healthy.

The LB were 10 to 14 inches in length and appeared healthy. Also caught one 6 inches in length.

The BG were all sizes, from 3 inches up to 8 inches with the larger ones being very fat and healthy looking.

I observed spawning beds around most of the lake and baby LB and BG or GG aroung the edges in the cover. The fish are eating the bugs under all 3 bug lights at night. The lake elevation is close to what it is in spring, no more than 1 foot lower. The water now looks more clear than it ever has in the past, as I was able to see the spawning beds and offspring swimming in the shallows.

I took photos (with cell phone) of the fish next to a length measuring device and hit the save button every time and then hurriedly released the fish back into the water. I didn't take the time to make sure it was actually saving them to my phone. Well at home last night, I discovered my PIX memory was full and I didn't get any of the photos I took. I am disappointed as I wanted to record their progress and post the pictures here for you guys to comment on. Hopefully in the next week or two I will try again and share the photos with you all. I also caught some fish that didn't appear to be straight BG as they were more slender top to bottom with a larger mouth, fatter front half and also the orange fins on the bottom similar to the GG. Is this a cross between GG and BG? Sorry, but I don't understand fish like most of you guys.

I am happy with the progress and where I am at now compared to where I was in the spring. Again, I hope to have pictures to share in a few weeks. I will obtain fish photos and also photos of the lake. Any suggestions on if I should be doing something different?

Thanx.

Thanks for the update Scott! Glad to hear your on a good path and happy with the progress.

That sounds encouraging. Please post pics and updates when you can.

That all sounds good. When you can start keeping length and weight records so you can start calculating relative weights.

Sounds like everything is going quite well!

Sounds like you are on the right track. What to different? Post the pics quicker!

Sorry esshup - I know you guys can't comment much without pictures. I intend to do a better job with pictures, lengths and weights. Sometimes when I was younger, my dad told me I must not have been in line the day God handed out brains. Thankfully, he hasn't told me that in awhile.

I want to purchase a fish scale that would measure in ounces and max out at 10 pounds or so. A hanging type with spring would seem to be most convenient and mobile, rather than a stationary or digital type. However, the spring type may not have near the accuracy. Can anyone offer suggestions as I would suspect you all have been thru this - thanks.

Lots of folks here use Boga-Grip scales, not very pocketable be very accurate.

I use a Cabelas digital scale, not sure of the accuracy but it is smaller and light.

if running relative weights I will be a salesman, try this package out. We have done our research bought in volume and passed on the savings. http://lakework.com/cart/index.php?p=product&id=112&parent=12

Photo quality not good, but can anyone identify? Better pictures with lengths/weights in near future.

Looks like some type of hybrid bluegill. Don't know whether it's a regular HBG or a GG, as I haven't caught any of the latter.

That scale won't weigh a twelve-pound bluegill.

walt you got me it will not.

Other than that though it looks like a good scale. With that one limitation, of course.

Yeah, not much sense trying to sell them in Texas.

Dave - what's that - sell a 12 lb BG - we sell them that size here all the time but the buyers like them a little bigger than TX size. -

Well, we try to use those littl'uns for bait. We just throw the average sized ones back.

I suppose one could fillet the twelve-pound bluegill first and then weigh the fillets.

Walt, you just gotta understand. In Texas, sunfish are either used as bait for big fish or to pull skiers.

I'm thinking of renting my bluegill out to pull barges up the Mississippi.

I didn't say only one. It would take at least two or three.