Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Transplanting Native Michigan Blue Gill

In the last PB mag Bob did an article on his smb pond. Hartley provided his smb.
As BC said shipping can get expensive but I didn't have a choice. BTW he shipped them in a red Rubbermaid cooler. They arrived in great shape with ZERO morts!
Just thought if you were looking for a back up ..

What a great thread. Good to see more Brighton area pond meisters here. Any luck finding Michigan PS? I looked last year and did not find anyone local who had any stock.

Coach, I can't figure out what PS is?

Pumpkinseed Sunfish.

acronyms

From Wisc Fish

PS - often aka sunnies.

Red Ear Sunfish (RES) can be iffy up here, but PS are everywhere. I tried to find a place to sell them, but only found stuff on line. Per Bill, be careful (and please, Bill, correct me if this is misquoted) about where your RES come from. If they are from the south, they might not do well. If you find fish born and raised farther north, they will do better. The first hatchery I talked to got there fish from Arkansas, so they were not a good match for my pond. I had to shop around until I found some locally.
I am planning to put sunfish (what we call PS up here) in my pond in a year or two, but not from local waters. You need to be really careful about not transplanting diseases and the like that you don't want.

These Photos look like most of the 30 fish I moved from the lake I live on, to my pond. I called them BG in my previous notes. How common are the PSs in Michigan lakes? I don't think any of fish I moved were larger than 5".

Very common! Sounds like you didn't move BG but actually put PS in your pond... That changes a lot of things!

Could be some of each as they can be hard to id when small.

Hopefully for the better. I'm feeling a little stupid but at the same time I feel like I have learned a lot here in this exchange. Thanks to all who helped here.

Don't feel bad, you'd be suprised how many people are putting BG, CNBG and RES in their pond thinking they were "perch".

TMK - Next spring, You better catch some of the "BG" out of your pond, post some pics of them here on this topic (thread) and get some opinions of what species you originally stocked.

Bill,

I thought you went to Florida, or are you using another PC or a laptop?

On the other hand I hear it's unseasonably cold down there. Maybe you decided not to go?

He is in Ohio on that post.

Hmmm... you can tell that?

Yes - or I would not have posted it.

You'd be amazed at the technology the moderators of this sight have...

A little IT goes a long way.

If I am guessing correctly, I bet they can tell what City and State you are posting from, what internet provider you are using, and the operating system running on your computer... At least that is how it is on a couple of the sites I am a moderator on.

No comment.

OK...what brand lime green underwear do I have on?

Ah the old IP address thingy! I hear you can get a program that will bounce your address back and forth to China, Russian and God knows where else to prevent detection.