In addition to a 10:1 ratio of bluegill to bass, I also stocked 7 pounds of minnows...all that by way of learning from these forums....so I'm hoping my little bass will get a supercharged couple of years from the intitial forage base.
Did you ever figure out what killed the bass, Habitatpro? What a tough winter we had with the ice and then the snow cover...wonder if that did it? What part of Missouri are you located? I'm in Callaway County, approx 25 miles southeast of Columbia.
QUESTION for anybody: Do Bluegill eat their own fry?
In a word, no. I had conversations with 4 different fisheries Bio's in 3 states plus MDC experts and all had a rater consistent answer...It was likely a specie specific disease, virus, or a bacterial issue. When asked what that means one was honest enough to tell me thats a pretty standard answer when they have no other idea.
The pond is 22 feet deep in deepest, 3 1/2 acres, spring fed as well as runoff, no runoff from any tilled area, water is clear, no BG died, no CG died, and no CC died....what really smoked me was we had been catching a good number of 5-6 lb fish, a lot of 2-3 pound and the biggest was a 9. and in less than a 12 months...gone....never saw a floater, no otters or such.
I have decided they were taken to the mothership by aliens or I have zombies living in the timber. Im in Bates County, Mo, the only one stoplight county in Missouri.
