I have not been able fish out an adult bowfin, which is what a few people told me to do before getting too worried about it. I checked out that central mudminnow and by the looks of the pictures I found, this is the fish I have. I've never actually heard of it before. I have been able to pull out several minnows just using a bucket. I have never read about them being used as a forage for bass. I'm planning on stocking bass this weekend (about 50 5"-8"), and let nature take its course. I've read bass prefer the longer cylindrical shaped fish as apposed to bluegill anyway. If I see lots of growth by this fall, I might harvest a few to get the population down a touch before winter.
If infact, there was a fish kill before I bought the property last year, what could I do to prevent this from happening again? I could probably talk my wife into a windmill for aeration, would this be the best way to go? My pond is only 10ft deep and there is no electricity hooked up yet. We plan on moving out there in about 3 years.
