Hi all and Cecil
Been a lurker here for years and this place is invaluable. Finally bellied up and got my subscription this morning. I have moved so the old pond I built is gone, but the new place has a .6 acre pond 11.5 deep, plenty of shallows great vegetation and surrounded by 50-70 acres of grass.
Water clarity is unreal - 24-30 inches crystal clear. The water is the clearest I have ever seen almost as good as the trout streams in southern Missouri, which is where I am. The previous owners think it may have a small spring near the input area. It never goes down in drought years.
The pond is stocked with channel cat, BG and LMB. The BG are chunks and lots of them, 8-10". I took out 4 channels 24" and 12-15 LMB that were all 12-14" There are only a few bigger LMB that I have caught and released. I put them back.
I see all sizes of LMB and BG.
Pond is 10-15 years old.
Today I am adding 50 Yellow perch 6-8" and 6 lbs of Golden Shiners 4-6".
Thoughts, concerns or comments are wanted.
I would love to manage this pond for big Yellow perch and BG.
The YP are ready to spawn. Hopefully they won't spawn in the bags.
Thanks to all ahead of time.
There is no better table fare than Yellow Perch.
I will post pics of the release later today.
