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Pond Renovation Oct 2010 - May 2011
My small pond as it was in October 2011. The backhoe operator dug it out in about 4 hours. I planted seed on the exposed clay, and stocked 40 trout in April. The pond is approximately 7' to 8'deep.
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It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa
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Thanks Dave. It's a small pond but I enjoy it. Surprisingly I haven't lost any trout yet, at least I haven't found any belly up. Not sure if such a small pond will carry enough oxygen over our long Nova Scotia winters. Maybe I should catch a few out before it freezes over? It's source of water is from both underground springs and an over surface spring that feeds it from the north end.
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Seems like trout won't survive there without any additional oxygen during the winter. If you don't think about aeration then probably catching all them out is the best solution.
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Just an update...several years later. The trout survived the inital stocking. Still a few in there, a few got to about 15". Had some issues in August 2012 with gill lice, so I kept every trout I caught that had the lice. Looks like the remaining fish are clean, so far anyway. The big ones I caught this spring were eating yellow spotted salamanders.
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