Well about ready to seine out my first disposable pond attempt. Water is getting very low with late rains keeping it this high for this long. I put in gams and 15 5-7" fla lmb. Results not what I expected at all. Gams all but gone, saw zero yesterday. LMB good at hiding, but they pop the surface at dragonflies. Might have a few weeks before crash. Not sure if herons got any or most. Many 1 1/2 - 2" lmb. Maybe I put in some around 8"? I think those will slip through my seine, but I should be able to get them out if they survive longer. So instead of a growout pond I also have a brood, really did not expect that with zero gravel and size of fish plus late plant.
Going to seine out nowhere to run pond today and report back in that thread. But this does open many possibilities, even though it was an overabundant year for rainfall. I kind of half assed this and did not take good measurements or record dates, as I thought I would be feeding birds. I'll do it much better next season. But I have a exact count of what I put in, a rough estimate of sizes, I know none over 8". And approx date. This pond goes dry anually, no matter what. It's not even a fire pond, just a mini dam on a stream.
